lipid A biosynthetic process

Term Information

Accession
GO:0009245
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
exact: lipid A anabolism
exact: lipid A biosynthesis
exact: lipid A formation
exact: lipid A synthesis
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lipid A, the glycolipid moiety of bacterial lipopolysaccharides, consisting of six fatty acyl chains linked to two glucosamine residues. [source: ISBN:0198506732]
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