antibiotic biosynthetic process polyketide biosynthetic process mycotoxin biosynthetic process phenol-containing compound biosynthetic process monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process mycophenolic acid biosynthetic process https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/22374 MPA biosynthesis mycophenolic acid formation pg MPA synthesis biological_process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of mycophenolic acid (MPA). MPA is the first isolated antibiotic natural product in the world obtained from a culture of Penicillium brevicompactum in 1893. GO:0140722 MPA formation 2021-11-18T06:12:47Z mycophenolic acid biosynthesis mycophenolic acid synthesis MPA anabolism mycophenolic acid anabolism lactone biosynthetic process