GO biological process ontology term - GO:0016129 - phytosteroid biosynthetic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0016129
- Name
- phytosteroid biosynthetic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phytosteroids, steroids that differ from animal steroids in having substitutions at C24 and/or a double bond at C22. Phytosteroids are so named because they occur in higher plants; some, notably ergosterol, are also found in fungi.
