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GO: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phosphatidylcholines, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which the phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of choline. [ISBN:0198506732],NCI: The major pathway for the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine occurs via the CDP-choline pathway. Choline kinase is the initial enzyme that produces phosphocholine from choline in the sequence and may play a regulatory role. (From LocusLink and NCI)
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