Category:GO:0033070 ! ansamycin biosynthetic process

name: ansamycin biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of ansamycins, any of a group of complex macrolactam compounds characterized by a cyclic structure in which an aliphatic ansa chain forms a bridge between two non-adjacent positions of a cyclic p-system; many exhibit antibacterial, antifungal or antitumor activity." [GOC:mah, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crci.2008.07.003]
synonym: "ansamycin anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "ansamycin biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "ansamycin formation" EXACT []
synonym: "ansamycin synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0030639 ! polyketide biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0033069 ! ansamycin metabolic process
is_a: GO:0072339 ! lactam biosynthetic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0033070</GOterm>
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