FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006787 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any member of a large group of derivatives or analogs of porphyrin. Porphyrin consists of a ring of four pyrrole nuclei linked each to the next at their alpha positions through a methine group.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
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 |__tetrapyrrole catabolic process___________________
tetrapyrrole metabolic process                       |
 |__porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process__|
 |__tetrapyrrole catabolic process___________________|
                                                     porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process  1 rec.
                                                      |__bilirubin conjugation
                                                      |__chlorophyll catabolic process
                                                      |   |__bacteriochlorophyll catabolic process
                                                      |   |__chlorophyll a catabolic process
                                                      |__heme catabolic process 1 rec.
                                                          |__heme a catabolic process
                                                          |__heme B catabolic process
                                                          |__heme C catabolic process
                                                          |__heme O catabolic process
                                                          |__siroheme catabolic process
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Is a porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
tetrapyrrole catabolic process
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  • "porphyrin breakdown" RELATED
    "porphyrin catabolic process" RELATED
    "porphyrin catabolism" RELATED
    "porphyrin degradation" RELATED
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