Category:GO:0042368 ! vitamin D biosynthetic process

name: vitamin D biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin D, any of a group of related, fat-soluble compounds that are derived from delta-5,7 steroids and play a central role in calcium metabolism. Specific forms of vitamin D include calciferol (ergocalciferol; vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (calciol; vitamin D3)." [CHEBI:27300, GOC:mah, ISBN:0471331309]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "calciferol biosynthesis" NARROW []
synonym: "calciferol biosynthetic process" NARROW []
synonym: "cholecalciferol biosynthesis" NARROW []
synonym: "cholecalciferol biosynthetic process" NARROW []
synonym: "ergocalciferol biosynthesis" NARROW []
synonym: "ergocalciferol biosynthetic process" NARROW []
synonym: "vitamin D anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "vitamin D biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "vitamin D formation" EXACT []
synonym: "vitamin D synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006694 ! steroid biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0042359 ! vitamin D metabolic process
is_a: GO:0042362 ! fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process

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Child Terms

This term has the following 3 child terms, out of 3 total.

• [  ] GO:0010957 ! negative regulation of vitamin D biosynthetic process
• [+] GO:0060556 ! regulation of vitamin D biosynthetic process (2)
• [  ] GO:0060557 ! positive regulation of vitamin D biosynthetic process

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