| id | GO:0006729 Detailed information
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| name | tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of tetrahydrobiopterin, the reduced form of biopterin (2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-(1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-pteridine). It functions as a hydroxylation coenzyme, e.g. in the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine." [CHEBI:15372, GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| is_a | GO:0009108 ! coenzyme biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0042559 ! pteridine-containing compound biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0046146 ! tetrahydrobiopterin metabolic process
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