ecdysteroid biosynthetic process

id: GO:0045456
name: ecdysteroid biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ecdysteroids, a group of polyhydroxylated ketosteroids which initiate post-embryonic development.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006697ecdysone biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006694steroid biosynthetic process
GO:0042181ketone biosynthetic process
GO:0042446hormone biosynthetic process
GO:0045455ecdysteroid metabolic process