Term Name: sulfur compound biosynthetic process
Synonyms: sulfur biosynthesis, sulfur biosynthetic process, sulfur compound anabolism, sulfur compound biosynthesis, sulfur compound formation, sulfur compound synthesis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044272]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biosynthetic process sulfur compound metabolic process
has subtype: 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate biosynthetic process 4-amino-3-isothiazolidinone biosynthetic process acyl-CoA biosynthetic process alkanesulfonate biosynthetic process bacillithiol biosynthetic process biotin biosynthetic process camalexin biosynthetic process cephalosporin biosynthetic process cephamycin C biosynthetic process coenzyme A biosynthetic process coenzyme M biosynthetic process epothilone biosynthetic process gliotoxin biosynthetic process glutathione biosynthetic process glutathione derivative biosynthetic process hydrogen sulfide biosynthetic process L-methionine catabolic process to 3-methylthiopropanoate L-methionine catabolic process to 3-methylthiopropanol leukotriene D4 biosynthetic process lipoate biosynthetic process mycothiol biosynthetic process penicillin biosynthetic process pyochelin biosynthetic process S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process S-glycoside biosynthetic process S-methylmethionine biosynthetic process sulfolipid biosynthetic process sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process thiamine-containing compound biosynthetic process thiazole biosynthetic process