macrolide biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of macrolides, any of a large group of polyketide compounds that contain a large lactone ring with few or no double bonds and no nitrogen atoms, linked glycosidically to one or more sugar groups. The macrolides include the carbomycins, the erythromycins, oleandomycin, oligomycins, and the spiramycins, and act as antibiotics, mainly against Gram-positive bacteria.
GO:0017000
antibiotic biosynthetic process
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GO:0030639
polyketide biosynthetic process
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GO:0033067
macrolide metabolic process
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GO:1901336
lactone biosynthetic process
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macrolide anabolism
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macrolide biosynthesis
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macrolide formation
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macrolide synthesis
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