polysaccharide biosynthetic process
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000271
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. [ GOC:go_curators ]
Synonyms: polysaccharide synthesis, glycan biosynthetic process, glycan biosynthesis, polysaccharide biosynthesis, polysaccharide anabolism, polysaccharide formation
Term info
biological_process
GO:0000271
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
- carbohydrate biosynthetic process
- polysaccharide metabolic process
- macromolecule biosynthetic process
- has primary output some polysaccharide