FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006779 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation 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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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       3
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 porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       3
     involved_in | porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process       3
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 |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process________________
tetrapyrrole metabolic process                       |
 |__porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process__|
 |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process________________|
                                                     porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process  15 rec.
                                                      |__chlorophyll biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__chlorophyll a biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__light-dependent chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__light-independent chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |__heme biosynthetic process 15 rec.
                                                      |   |__heme A biosynthetic process 3 rec.
                                                      |   |__heme B biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__heme C biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__heme O biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__siroheme biosynthetic process
                                                      |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glutamate
                                                      |   |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glycine
                                                      |__succinyl-CoA pathway
                                                      |__uroporphyrinogen III biosynthetic process 2 rec.
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Is a porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
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Synonyms
  • "porphyrin anabolism" RELATED
    "porphyrin biosynthesis" RELATED
    "porphyrin biosynthetic process" RELATED
    "porphyrin formation" RELATED
    "porphyrin synthesis" RELATED
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