Category:GO:0046089 ! cytosine biosynthetic process

name: cytosine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of cytosine, 4-amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine, a pyrimidine derivative that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids; it occurs widely in cytidine derivatives." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "cytosine anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "cytosine biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "cytosine formation" EXACT []
synonym: "cytosine synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0019856 ! pyrimidine nucleobase biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0019858 ! cytosine metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0046089</GOterm>
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