Category:GO:0032923 ! organic phosphonate biosynthetic process

name: organic phosphonate biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phosphonates, any organic compound containing one or more C-PO(OH)2 or C-PO(OR)2 (with R=alkyl, aryl) groups. Synthesis of phosphonic acid itself, an inorganic compound without the biochemically relevant C-P bond, is not included." [GOC:js]
synonym: "organophosphonate biosynthetic process" RELATED []
is_a: GO:0009058 ! biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0019634 ! organic phosphonate metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0032923</GOterm>
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