L-tryptophan biosynthetic process L-tryptophan biosynthesis tryptophan synthesis GO:0009096 biological_process aromatic amino acid family biosynthetic process, anthranilate pathway GO:0000162 MetaCyc:TRPSYN-PWY The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of L-tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid; L-tryptophan is synthesized from chorismate via anthranilate. L-tryptophan anabolism tryptophan biosynthetic process tryptophan formation aromatic amino acid biosynthetic process indolalkylamine biosynthetic process erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid biosynthetic process