carnitine biosynthetic process
id: GO:0045329
name: carnitine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006578 | betaine biosynthetic process |
GO:0008652 | cellular amino acid biosynthetic process |
GO:0009437 | carnitine metabolic process |