FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term chlorophyll catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0015996 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, into less complex products.
Also Known As "chlorophyll breakdown" ; "chlorophyll catabolism" ; "chlorophyll degradation"
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porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
 |__porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process__
 |__chlorophyll metabolic process____________________|
tetrapyrrole catabolic process                       |
 |__porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process__|
pigment metabolic process                            |
 |__pigment catabolic process________________________|
                                                     chlorophyll catabolic process
                                                      |__bacteriochlorophyll catabolic process
                                                      |__chlorophyll a catabolic process
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Is a porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process
chlorophyll metabolic process
pigment catabolic process
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  • "chlorophyll breakdown" EXACT
    "chlorophyll catabolism" EXACT
    "chlorophyll degradation" EXACT
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