polyketide biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of polyketides, any of a diverse group of natural products synthesized via linear poly-beta-ketones, which are themselves formed by repetitive head-to-tail addition of acetyl (or substituted acetyl) units indirectly derived from acetate (or a substituted acetate) by a mechanism similar to that for fatty acid biosynthesis but without the intermediate reductive steps.
GO:0030638
polyketide metabolic process
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GO:0044550
secondary metabolite biosynthetic process
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polyketide anabolism
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polyketide biosynthesis
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polyketide formation
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polyketide synthesis
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