guanine biosynthetic process
id: GO:0046099
name: guanine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006178 | guanine salvage |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0009113 | purine base biosynthetic process |
GO:0046098 | guanine metabolic process |