AmiGO 2: Term Details for "protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process" (GO:0046501)

Accession: GO:0046501
Name: protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: protoporphyrinogen IX metabolism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving protoporphyrinogen IX, the specific substrate for the enzyme ferrochelatase, which catalyzes the insertion of iron to form protoheme. It is probably also the substrate for chlorophyll formation. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: See also the molecular function term 'ferrochelatase activity ; GO:0004325'.
History: See term history for GO:0046501 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process	RO:0004007	protoporphyrinogen(2-) (CHEBI:57307)
protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process	is_a	porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0006778)

subject	relation	object
protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process (GO:0006782)	is_a	protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process

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