FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

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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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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

biosynthetic process
 |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process________________
tetrapyrrole metabolic process                       |
 |__porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process__|
 |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process________________|
                                                     porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process  14 rec.
                                                      |__chlorophyll biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__chlorophyll a biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__light-dependent chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__light-independent chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__regulation of chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |__heme biosynthetic process 14 rec.
                                                      |   |__heme A biosynthetic process 3 rec.
                                                      |   |__heme B biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__heme C biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__heme O biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__regulation of heme biosynthetic process(+)
                                                      |   |__siroheme biosynthetic process
                                                      |__succinyl-CoA pathway
                                                      |__uroporphyrinogen III biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                                          |__succinyl-CoA pathway

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Is a	porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"porphyrin anabolism" RELATED "porphyrin biosynthesis" RELATED "porphyrin biosynthetic process" RELATED "porphyrin formation" RELATED "porphyrin synthesis" RELATED
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