glycogen biosynthetic process

Term ID

GO:0005978

Synonyms

glycogen anabolism
glycogen biosynthesis
glycogen formation
glycogen synthesis

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues. 0198506732

References

MetaCyc:GLYCOGENSYNTH-PWY
MetaCyc:PWY-5067
MetaCyc:PWY-7900

Ontology

GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

is a type of: glucan biosynthetic process glycogen metabolic process

glucan biosynthetic process glycogen metabolic process Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process

negative regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by: positive regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process

positive regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process Show first 5 Terms
regulated by: regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process

regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes

Citations