This term is obsolete.

GO:0010189 JSON

vitamin E biosynthetic process

Biological Process

Definition (GO:0010189 GONUTS page)

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.

828 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
vitamin E anabolism exact
vitamin E synthesis exact
tocopherol biosynthetic process exact
vitamin E formation exact
alpha-tocopherol biosynthetic process narrow
alpha-tocopherol biosynthesis narrow
tocopherol biosynthesis exact
vitamin E biosynthesis exact

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0010189

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0010189
positive regulation of vitamin E biosynthetic process
positively_regulates
regulation of vitamin E biosynthetic process
regulates

Cross-references

Database ID Description
MetaCyc PWY-1422

Cross-Ontology Relations

Relation Other Ontology ID Term
has_primary_output CHEBI CHEBI:33234 vitamin E

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0010189 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 109 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
vitamin E biosynthetic process
241,859.55 100.00 806 806
phytol kinase activity
230,960.28 53.81 445 466
cerebroside transfer activity
231,675.95 11.23 91 95
diacylglyceride transfer activity
231,675.95 11.23 91 95
phosphatidylglycerol transfer activity
231,675.95 11.23 91 95
sphingomyelin transfer activity
149,722.56 10.56 91 147
phosphatidylglycerol binding
83,053.65 9.29 91 265
very-low-density lipoprotein particle binding
62,349.06 8.52 91 353
phospholipid transfer activity
44,553.07 7.53 91 494
phosphatidylcholine transfer activity
36,318.84 6.89 91 606
Totals 7287 100424897
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0010189 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 71 of 71 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
vitamin E biosynthetic process
22,272.40 100.00 58 58
phytol kinase activity
22,272.40 82.76 48 48
sphingomyelin transfer activity
6,681.72 4.62 3 10
phosphatidylcholine transfer activity
2,905.10 3.85 3 23
phosphatidylethanolamine transfer activity
2,155.39 3.49 3 31
phloem sucrose loading
14,848.27 3.39 2 3
cerebroside transfer activity
14,848.27 3.39 2 3
diacylglyceride transfer activity
14,848.27 3.39 2 3
phosphatidylglycerol transfer activity
14,848.27 3.39 2 3
very-low-density lipoprotein particle binding
1,909.06 3.33 3 35
Totals 235 587894

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-05-30 Deleted RELATION is a GO:1901362 (obsolete organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process)
2024-04-17 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0018130 (obsolete heterocycle biosynthetic process)
2014-06-12 Added RELATION is a GO:1901617 (organic hydroxy compound biosynthetic process)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:1901362 (obsolete organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:0018130 (obsolete heterocycle biosynthetic process)
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0042360 (vitamin E metabolic process)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0042362 (fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process)
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM vitamin E synthesis
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2007-01-15 Updated TERM vitamin E biosynthetic process
2003-11-15 Added TERM vitamin E biosynthesis
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM vitamin E synthesis
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM vitamin E formation
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM vitamin E anabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM tocopherol biosynthesis
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthesis
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM vitamin E synthesis
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM vitamin E biosynthesis
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM vitamin E anabolism
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM tocopherol biosynthetic process
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM vitamin E biosynthesis
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM tocopherol biosynthetic process
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthetic process
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM tocopherol biosynthesis
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthetic process
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthesis
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM vitamin E formation
2007-01-15 Added SYNONYM tocopherol biosynthetic process
2007-01-15 Added SYNONYM vitamin E biosynthesis
2007-01-15 Added SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthetic process
2006-05-04 Updated DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
2005-08-10 Added SYNONYM vitamin E synthesis
2005-08-10 Added SYNONYM vitamin E formation
2005-08-10 Added SYNONYM vitamin E anabolism
2004-10-08 Added SYNONYM tocopherol biosynthesis
2004-10-08 Updated DEFINITION The formation from simpler components of vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.
2004-04-19 Added SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthesis
2004-04-16 Deleted SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthesis
2003-11-15 Added SYNONYM alpha-tocopherol biosynthesis
2003-11-15 Added DEFINITION The formation from simpler components of any of the forms of vitamin E(alpha-tocopherol), a fet-soluble vitamin considered to act primarily as an antioxidant.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-05-30 Deleted RELATION is a GO:1901362 (obsolete organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process)
2024-04-17 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0018130 (obsolete heterocycle biosynthetic process)
2014-06-12 Added RELATION is a GO:1901617 (organic hydroxy compound biosynthetic process)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:1901362 (obsolete organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:0018130 (obsolete heterocycle biosynthetic process)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0042360 (vitamin E metabolic process)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0042362 (fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2007-07-19 Added XREF MetaCyc:PWY-1422
Timestamp Action Category Detail
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