biosynthesis

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ synthesis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪoʊˈsɪn.θə.sɪs/

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Noun

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biosynthesis

Wikipedia

biosynthesis (countable and uncountable, plural biosyntheses)

1. (biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.
   • 2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist‎, volume 207, →DOI:

     The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

Derived terms

• biosynthesize
• biosynthetic
• metabiosynthesis
• photobiosynthesis
• retrobiosynthesis

Related terms

• biogenesis
• semisynthesis
• synthetic biology

Translations

synthesis of organic compounds

Azerbaijani: biosintez Catalan: biosíntesi f Esperanto: biosintezo Finnish: biosynteesi French: biosynthèse (fr) German: Biosynthese (de) f Irish: bithshintéis f Italian: biosintesi (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: biosyntese m Polish: biosynteza (pl) f Portuguese: biossíntese (pt) Russian: биоси́нтез (ru) m (biosíntez) Spanish: biosíntesis (es)