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Accession
GO:0042168
Name
heme metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
haem metabolic process, haem metabolism, heme metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring. Source: GOC:jl, ISBN:0124325653
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History
See term history for GO:0042168 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of heme metabolic process (GO:0042168)
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heme metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0006778)
heme metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process (GO:0042440)
heme metabolic process [RO:0004007 relation] RO:0004007  heme (CHEBI:30413)
Children of heme metabolic process (GO:0042168)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
heme C metabolic process (GO:0046162) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
heme a metabolic process (GO:0046160) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
heme O metabolic process (GO:0048033) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
siroheme metabolic process (GO:0046156) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
heme oxidation (GO:0006788) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
heme B metabolic process (GO:0046492) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
heme biosynthetic process (GO:0006783) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
heme catabolic process (GO:0042167) [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process
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