| id | GO:0006061 Detailed information
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| name | sorbitol biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "sorbitol anabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "sorbitol biosynthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "sorbitol formation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "sorbitol synthesis" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006060 ! sorbitol metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0019406 ! hexitol biosynthetic process
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