FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0033014 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of tetrapyrroles, natural pigments containing four pyrrole rings joined by one-carbon units linking position 2 of one pyrrole ring to position 5 of the next.
Also Known As "tetrapyrrole anabolism" ; "tetrapyrrole biosynthesis" ; "tetrapyrrole formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       5
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 tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       5
     involved_in | tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process       5
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 |__biosynthetic process____________
 |__tetrapyrrole metabolic process__|
                                    tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process  15 rec.
                                     |__cobalamin biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__aerobic cobalamin biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__anaerobic cobalamin biosynthetic process
                                     |__corrin biosynthetic process
                                     |__phycocyanobilin biosynthetic process
                                     |__phytochromobilin biosynthetic process
                                     |__porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process 15 rec.
                                     |   |__chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                     |   |__heme biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
                                     |   |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                     |   |__succinyl-CoA pathway
                                     |   |__uroporphyrinogen III biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                     |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__negative regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process(+)
                                     |   |__positive regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process(+)
                                     |   |__regulation of chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                     |   |__regulation of heme biosynthetic process(+)
                                     |   |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate(+)
                                     |   |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA(+)
                                     |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate
                                     |   |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glutamate
                                     |   |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate(+)
                                     |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA
                                         |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA(+)
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tetrapyrrole metabolic process
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  • "tetrapyrrole anabolism" EXACT
    "tetrapyrrole biosynthesis" EXACT
    "tetrapyrrole formation" EXACT
    "tetrapyrrole synthesis" EXACT
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