You are using the Cyverse mirror of the Planteome Ontology Browser. The main site is currently down for maintenance.

Term Information

Accession
GO:0006779
Name
porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
porphyrin anabolism, porphyrin biosynthesis, porphyrin biosynthetic process, porphyrin formation, porphyrin synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
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. Source: ISBN:0198506732, Wikipedia:Porphyrin#Natural_formation, GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006779 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
Contact the Planteome feedback if you find mistakes or have concerns about the data you find here.
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:0006779)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0006778)
porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:0033014)
Children of porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:0006779)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
succinyl-CoA pathway (GO:0006781) [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process (GO:0006782) [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
uroporphyrinogen III biosynthetic process (GO:0006780) [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
chlorophyll biosynthetic process (GO:0015995) [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
heme biosynthetic process (GO:0006783) [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
None.