phytochelatin biosynthetic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phytochelatins, any of a group of peptides that bind metals (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg) in thiolate coordination complexes. The structure is of the type (gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl)n-glycine, where n is 2 to 11.
GO:0009058
biosynthetic process
is_a
GO:0046937
phytochelatin metabolic process
is_a
cadystin biosynthetic process
related
phytochelatin anabolism
exact
phytochelatin biosynthesis
exact
phytochelatin formation
exact
phytochelatin synthesis
exact
SPAC3F10.04 SPAC3H1.10