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Accession
GO:0015996
Name
chlorophyll catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
chlorophyll breakdown, chlorophyll catabolism, chlorophyll degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, into less complex products. Source: GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0015996 at QuickGO
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Subset
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Parents of chlorophyll catabolic process (GO:0015996)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
chlorophyll catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  chlorophyll (CHEBI:28966)
chlorophyll catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  pigment catabolic process (GO:0046149)
chlorophyll catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  chlorophyll metabolic process (GO:0015994)
chlorophyll catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0006787)
Children of chlorophyll catabolic process (GO:0015996)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
negative regulation of chlorophyll catabolic process (GO:1903647) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  chlorophyll catabolic process
regulation of chlorophyll catabolic process (GO:0010271) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  chlorophyll catabolic process
positive regulation of chlorophyll catabolic process (GO:1903648) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  chlorophyll catabolic process
chlorophyll a catabolic process (GO:0033310) [is_a relation] is_a  chlorophyll catabolic process
bacteriochlorophyll catabolic process (GO:0030495) [is_a relation] is_a  chlorophyll catabolic process
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