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Category:GO:0016129 ! phytosteroid biosynthetic process
name: phytosteroid biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phytosteroids, steroids that differ from animal steroids in having substitutions at C24 and/or a double bond at C22. Phytosteroids are so named because they occur in higher plants; some, notably ergosterol, are also found in fungi." [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mah, ISBN:0471331309]
synonym: "phytosteroid anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "phytosteroid biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "phytosteroid formation" EXACT []
synonym: "phytosteroid synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006694 ! steroid biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0016128 ! phytosteroid metabolic process
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<GOterm>GO:0016129</GOterm>
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