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Accession
GO:0033014
Name
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
tetrapyrrole anabolism, tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, tetrapyrrole formation, tetrapyrrole synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
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. Source: GOC:mah
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History
See term history for GO:0033014 at QuickGO
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Parents of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:0033014)
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tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [RO:0004008 relation] RO:0004008  tetrapyrrole (CHEBI:26932)
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901362)
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole metabolic process (GO:0033013)
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901566)
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  aromatic compound biosynthetic process (GO:0019438)
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle biosynthetic process (GO:0018130)
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process (GO:0044271)
Children of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:0033014)
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phytochromobilin biosynthetic process (GO:0010024) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
negative regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:1901464) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
positive regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:1901465) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:0006779) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
phycocyanobilin biosynthetic process (GO:0140609) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA (GO:0033527) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:1901463) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate (GO:0033526) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
cobalamin biosynthetic process (GO:0009236) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
corrin biosynthetic process (GO:0046140) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
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