Term Name: secondary metabolite biosynthetic process
Synonyms: secondary metabolite biosynthesis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of secondary metabolites, the compounds that are not necessarily required for growth and maintenance of cells, and are often unique to a taxon.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044550]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biosynthetic process secondary metabolic process
has subtype: (+)-kotanin biosynthetic process (17Z)-protosta-17(20),24-dien-3beta-ol biosynthetic process alkaloid biosynthetic process arugosin biosynthetic process asperthecin biosynthetic process cichorine biosynthetic process cordyol C biosynthetic process cspyrone B1 biosynthetic process cyanogenic glycoside biosynthetic process dehydroaustinol biosynthetic process demethylkotanin biosynthetic process diorcinol biosynthetic process emericellamide biosynthetic process emericellin biosynthetic process emodin biosynthetic process endocrocin biosynthetic process fumonisin biosynthetic process gerfelin biosynthetic process helvolic acid biosynthetic process melanin biosynthetic process monodictyphenone biosynthetic process N',N'',N'''-triacetylfusarinine C biosynthetic process o-orsellinic acid biosynthetic process ocellus pigment biosynthetic process ochratoxin A biosynthetic process orcinol biosynthetic process orlandin biosynthetic process penicillin biosynthetic process phenylpropanoid biosynthetic process pheromone biosynthetic process phytochelatin biosynthetic process polyketide biosynthetic process shamixanthone biosynthetic process siderophore biosynthetic process tensidol A biosynthetic process tensidol B biosynthetic process toxin biosynthetic process violaceol I biosynthetic process violaceol II biosynthetic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic process
regulated by: regulation of secondary metabolite biosynthetic process