| id | GO:0006779 Detailed information
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| name | porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| 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]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| is_a | GO:0006778 ! porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0033014 ! tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
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| is_a | GO:0051188 ! cofactor biosynthetic process
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