id | GO:0006783   Detailed information
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  name | heme biosynthetic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring, from less complex precursors." [GOC:jl]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0006779 ! porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
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  is_a | GO:0042168 ! heme metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0046148 ! pigment biosynthetic process
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