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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis. The chemical reactions and pathways involving wax, a compound containing C16 and C18 fatty acids. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a fatty acid, any of the aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that can be liberated by hydrolysis from naturally occurring fats and oils. Fatty acids are predominantly straight-chain acids of 4 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be saturated or unsaturated; branched fatty acids and hydroxy fatty acids also occur, and very long chain acids of over 30 carbons are found in waxes. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of wax, which includes C16 and C18 fatty acids.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: wax biosynthetic process
Acc: GO:0010025
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of wax, which includes C16 and C18 fatty acids.
Synonyms:
  • wax anabolism
  • wax biosynthesis
  • wax formation
  • wax synthesis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 17 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 17 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0010025 - wax biosynthetic process (interactive image map)
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