| id | GO:0006778 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving any member of a large group of derivatives or analogs of porphyrin. Porphyrins 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] |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| is_a | GO:0033013 ! tetrapyrrole metabolic process |
| is_a | GO:0051186 ! cofactor metabolic process |