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GO: Biological Process
porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process
- Term ID
- GO:0006787
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- porphyrin breakdown
- porphyrin catabolic process
- porphyrin catabolism
- porphyrin degradation
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any member of a large group of derivatives or analogs of porphyrin. Porphyrin consists of a ring of four pyrrole nuclei linked each to the next at their alpha positions through a methine group. 0198506732
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- Ontology
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