id | GO:0006750   Detailed information
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  name | glutathione biosynthetic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glutathione, the tripeptide glutamylcysteinylglycine, which acts as a coenzyme for some enzymes and as an antioxidant in the protection of sulfhydryl groups in enzymes and other proteins." [CHEBI:16856, GOC:ai, ISBN:0198506732]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0006749 ! glutathione metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0042398 ! cellular modified amino acid biosynthetic process
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  is_a | GO:0043043 ! peptide biosynthetic process
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  is_a | GO:0044272 ! sulfur compound biosynthetic process
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