id | GO:0016260   Detailed information |
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  name | selenocysteine biosynthetic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other proteins." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "selenocysteine anabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "selenocysteine biosynthesis" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "selenocysteine formation" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "selenocysteine synthesis" EXACT [] |
  is_a | GO:0009070 ! serine family amino acid biosynthetic process |
  is_a | GO:0016259 ! selenocysteine metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0042398 ! cellular modified amino acid biosynthetic process |
  DPGLEAN16351