| id | GO:0009113 Detailed information
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| name | purine base biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "purine base anabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine base biosynthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine base formation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine base synthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine nucleobase biosynthetic process" EXACT [CHEBI:26386]
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| xref | MetaCyc:PWY-841
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| is_a | GO:0006144 ! purine base metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0046112 ! nucleobase biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0046148 ! pigment biosynthetic process
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