Category:GO:0006779 ! porphyrin biosynthetic process

name: porphyrin biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation 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." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "porphyrin anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "porphyrin biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "porphyrin formation" EXACT []
synonym: "porphyrin synthesis" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006778 ! porphyrin metabolic process
is_a: GO:0033014 ! tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0051188 ! cofactor biosynthetic process

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