id | GO:0033013   Detailed information
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  name | tetrapyrrole metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving 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." [CHEBI:26932, GOC:mah]
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  synonym | "tetrapyrrole metabolism" EXACT []
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  is_a | GO:0006807 ! nitrogen compound metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0046483 ! heterocycle metabolic process
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