id | GO:0042423   Detailed information
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  name | catecholamine 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 a group of physiologically important biogenic amines that possess a catechol (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) nucleus and are derivatives of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0006584 ! catecholamine metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0009713 ! catechol-containing compound biosynthetic process
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  is_a | GO:0042401 ! cellular biogenic amine biosynthetic process
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