sphingosine biosynthetic process
id: GO:0046512
name: sphingosine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006670 | sphingosine metabolic process |
GO:0044271 | cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process |
GO:0046165 | alcohol biosynthetic process |
GO:0046520 | sphingoid biosynthetic process |