FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046501 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving protoporphyrinogen IX, the specific substrate for the enzyme ferrochelatase, which catalyzes the insertion of iron to form protoheme. It is probably also the substrate for chlorophyll formation.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "protoporphyrinogen IX metabolism"
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  tetrapyrrole metabolic process
   |__porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
       |__protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process  1 rec.
           |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process 1 rec.
               |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glutamate
               |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glycine
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