| id | GO:0046501 Detailed information
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| name | protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving protoporphyrinogen IX, the specific substrate for the enzyme ferrochelatase, which catalyzes the insertion of iron to form protoheme. It is probably also the substrate for chlorophyll formation." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| comment | See also the molecular function term 'ferrochelatase activity ; GO:0004325'.
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "protoporphyrinogen IX metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006725 ! cellular aromatic compound metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0006778 ! porphyrin metabolic process
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