id | GO:0006779   Detailed information |
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  name | porphyrin biosynthetic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "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." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "porphyrin anabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "porphyrin biosynthesis" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "porphyrin formation" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "porphyrin synthesis" EXACT [] |
  is_a | GO:0006778 ! porphyrin metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0033014 ! tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process |
  is_a | GO:0051188 ! cofactor biosynthetic process |
  DPGLEAN21463