tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (Q20747)
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of tetrapyrroles, natural pigments containing four pyrrole rings joined by one-carbon units linking position 2 of one pyrrole ring to position 5 of the next.
- GO:0033014
- tetrapyrrole formation
- tetrapyrrole biosynthesis
- tetrapyrrole synthesis
- tetrapyrrole anabolism
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| English | tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation of tetrapyrroles, natural pigments containing four pyrrole rings joined by one-carbon units linking position 2 of one pyrrole ring to position 5 of the next. |
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