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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of amylopectin, the (1,4) linked alpha glucose units with alpha-(1,6) linkages. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of beta-glucans. The chemical reactions and pathways involving polysaccharides, polymers of more than 10 monosaccharide residues joined by glycosidic linkages, as carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of alpha-glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by alpha-D-glucosidic bonds. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of starch, the most important reserve polysaccharide in plants. Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of glucan biosynthesis. Glucan biosynthetic processes are the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y, carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass, carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of pullulan, a neutral linear polysaccharide composed of repeating units of maltotriose joined by alpha-(1,6)-linkages. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of xyloglucan, the cross-linking glycan composed of 1->4-beta-D glucan backbone substituted at regular intervals with beta-D-xylosyl-1->6 residues, which is present in the primary cell wall of most higher plants. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of polysaccharides, polymers of more than 10 monosaccharide residues joined by glycosidic linkages, occurring at the level of an individual cell. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glucosylglycerol, alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-alpha-(1,2)-glycerol. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of cellulose, a linear beta1-4 glucan of molecular mass 50-400 kDa with the pyranose units in the -4C1 conformation. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of polysaccharides, polymers of more than 10 monosaccharide residues joined by glycosidic linkages. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: glucan biosynthetic process
Acc: GO:0009250
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues.
Synonyms:
  • glucan synthesis
  • glucan formation
  • glucan anabolism
  • glucan biosynthesis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 9 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 250 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0009250 - glucan biosynthetic process (interactive image map)
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