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Category:GO:0046512 ! sphingosine biosynthetic process
name: sphingosine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GOC:ma, ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "sphingosine anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "sphingosine biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "sphingosine formation" EXACT []
synonym: "sphingosine synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006670 ! sphingosine metabolic process
is_a: GO:0034312 ! diol biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0046520 ! sphingoid biosynthetic process
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<GOterm>GO:0046512</GOterm>
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