Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
lovastatin biosynthetic process
- Term ID
- GO:0140735
- Synonyms
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- lovastatin anabolism
- lovastatin biosynthesis
- lovastatin formation
- lovastatin synthesis
- mevacor anabolism
- mevacor biosynthesis
- mevacor biosynthetic process
- mevacor formation
- mevacor synthesis
- mevinolin anabolism
- mevinolin biosynthesis
- mevinolin biosynthetic process
- mevinolin formation,
- mevinolin synthesis
- monacolin K anabolism
- monacolin K biosynthesis
- monacolin K biosynthetic process
- monacolin K formation
- monacolin K synthesis
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lovastatin (also known as mevinolin, mevacor or monacolin K), a hypolipidemic inhibitor of (3S)-hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase (HMGR). (2)
- References
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- MetaCyc:PWY-7535
- kegg.module:M00893
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
- is a type of
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- positively regulated by
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Phenotype
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