Category:GO:0046349 ! amino sugar biosynthetic process

name: amino sugar biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any amino sugar, sugars containing an amino group in place of a hydroxyl group." [CHEBI:28963, GOC:curators]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "amino sugar anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "amino sugar biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "amino sugar formation" EXACT []
synonym: "amino sugar synthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "aminosaccharide biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "aminosaccharide biosynthetic process" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006040 ! amino sugar metabolic process
is_a: GO:0046364 ! monosaccharide biosynthetic process

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 6 child terms, out of 6 total.

• [+] GO:0006042 ! glucosamine biosynthetic process (1)
• [  ] GO:0018425 ! O3-(N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphoryl)-L-serine biosynthetic process
• [  ] GO:0019277 ! UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine biosynthetic process
• [  ] GO:0030391 ! fructosamine biosynthetic process
• [+] GO:0046347 ! mannosamine biosynthetic process (1)
• [+] GO:0046380 ! N-acetylneuraminate biosynthetic process (1)