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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingoids, any of a class of compounds comprising sphinganine and its homologues and stereoisomers, and derivatives of these compounds. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine. The chemical reactions and pathways involving ceramides, any N-acylated sphingoid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid). The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingoids, any of a class of compounds comprising sphinganine and its homologues and stereoisomers, and derivatives of these compounds. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ceramides, any N-acylated sphingoid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of a monosaccharide (or derivative) by a ceramide group.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: ceramide biosynthetic process
Acc: GO:0046513
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ceramides, any N-acylated sphingoid.
Synonyms:
  • ceramide anabolism
  • ceramide formation
  • ceramide synthesis
  • ceramide biosynthesis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 31 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 38 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0046513 - ceramide biosynthetic process (interactive image map)
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