GO biological process ontology term - GO:0000162 - L-tryptophan biosynthetic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0000162

Name

L-tryptophan biosynthetic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of L-tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid; L-tryptophan is synthesized from chorismate via anthranilate.

Parents

• is_a aromatic amino acid biosynthetic process
• is_a indolalkylamine biosynthetic process
• is_a erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid biosynthetic process

Annotation