aromatic amino acid biosynthetic process L-phenylalanine biosynthetic process https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/31525 L-phenylalanine formation L-phenylalanine synthesis biological_process phenylalanine biosynthetic process, prephenate pathway GO:0009094 L-phenylalanine anabolism The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of L-phenylalanine, the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid, i.e. (2S)-2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid. phenylalanine biosynthetic process, shikimate pathway L-phenylalanine biosynthesis GO:0019275 MetaCyc:PWY-7432 MetaCyc:PWY-3462 GO:0019274 phenylalanine biosynthesis MetaCyc:PHESYN phenylalanine biosynthetic process erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid biosynthetic process