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Category:GO:0035238 ! vitamin A biosynthetic process
name: vitamin A biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of the vitamin A compounds, retinol, retinal (retinaldehyde) and retinoic acid. Animals cannot synthesize vitamin A de novo, but form it through oxidative cleavage of carotenoids." [PMID:11158606]
synonym: "vitamin A anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "vitamin A biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "vitamin A formation" EXACT []
synonym: "vitamin A synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006776 ! vitamin A metabolic process
is_a: GO:0016102 ! diterpenoid biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0042362 ! fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process
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<GOterm>GO:0035238</GOterm>
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