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Accession
GO:0006045
Name
N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
N-acetylglucosamine anabolism, N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis, N-acetylglucosamine formation, N-acetylglucosamine synthesis
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide group of a glycoprotein. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process (GO:0006044)
N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901073)

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