GO biological process ontology term - GO:0009240 - isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0009240

Name

isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate, an isomer of dimethylallyl diphosphate and the key precursor of all isoprenoids.

Parents

• is_a phospholipid biosynthetic process
• is_a isopentenyl diphosphate metabolic process
• part_of isoprenoid biosynthetic process

Annotation