FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term tetrapyrrole catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0033015 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the breakdown 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 breakdown" ; "tetrapyrrole catabolism" ; "tetrapyrrole degradation"
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metabolic process
 |__catabolic process_______________
 |__tetrapyrrole metabolic process__|
                                    tetrapyrrole catabolic process  1 rec.
                                     |__cobalamin catabolic process
                                     |__corrin catabolic process
                                     |__porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process 1 rec.
                                         |__bilirubin conjugation
                                         |__chlorophyll catabolic process(+)
                                         |__heme catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
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tetrapyrrole metabolic process
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  • "tetrapyrrole breakdown" EXACT
    "tetrapyrrole catabolism" EXACT
    "tetrapyrrole degradation" EXACT
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