id | GO:0042168   Detailed information |
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  name | heme metabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0124325653] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0006778 ! porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0042440 ! pigment metabolic process |