GO biological process ontology term - GO:0009113 - purine nucleobase biosynthetic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0009113

Name

purine nucleobase biosynthetic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.

Parents

• is_a purine nucleobase metabolic process
• is_a nucleobase biosynthetic process
• is_a purine-containing compound biosynthetic process

Annotation