| id | GO:0035238 Detailed information
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| name | vitamin A biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of the vitamin A compounds, retinol, retinal (retinaldehyde) and retinoic acid. Animals can not synthesize vitamin A de novo, but form it through oxidative cleavage of carotenoids." [PMID:11158606]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "vitamin A anabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin A biosynthesis" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin A formation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin A synthesis" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006776 ! vitamin A metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0008299 ! isoprenoid biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0042362 ! fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process
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