Term Name: polyketide biosynthetic process
Synonyms: polyketide anabolism, polyketide biosynthesis, polyketide formation, polyketide synthesis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of polyketides, any of a diverse group of natural products synthesized via linear poly-beta-ketones, which are themselves formed by repetitive head-to-tail addition of acetyl (or substituted acetyl) units indirectly derived from acetate (or a substituted acetate) by a mechanism similar to that for fatty acid biosynthesis but without the intermediate reductive steps.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030639]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: polyketide synthase activity
is a type of: polyketide metabolic process secondary metabolite biosynthetic process
has subtype: (M)-viriditoxin biosynthetic process 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene-melanin biosynthetic process ansamycin biosynthetic process asperfuranone biosynthetic process aspyridone A biosynthetic process aspyridone B biosynthetic process averantin biosynthetic process daunorubicin biosynthetic process F-9775A biosynthetic process F-9775B biosynthetic process fonsecin biosynthetic process fumigermin biosynthetic process granaticin biosynthetic process ilicicolin H biosynthetic process lovastatin biosynthetic process macrolide biosynthetic process mevastatin biosynthetic process mycophenolic acid biosynthetic process neosartoricin biosynthetic process olivetolic acid biosynthetic process oxytetracycline biosynthetic process patulin biosynthetic process tetracenomycin C biosynthetic process tetracycline biosynthetic process viridicatumtoxin biosynthetic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of polyketide biosynthetic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of polyketide biosynthetic process
regulated by: regulation of polyketide biosynthetic process