Term Name: tetrapyrrole metabolic process
Synonyms: tetrapyrrole metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0033013]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: metabolic process
has subtype: cobalamin metabolic process corrin metabolic process nickel-tetrapyrrole coenzyme metabolic process phytochromobilin metabolic process porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process tetrapyrrole catabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of tetrapyrrole metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of tetrapyrrole metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of tetrapyrrole metabolic process