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Category:GO:0033015 ! tetrapyrrole catabolic process
name: tetrapyrrole catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the breakdown of 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." [GOC:mah]
synonym: "tetrapyrrole breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "tetrapyrrole catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "tetrapyrrole degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0009056 ! catabolic process
is_a: GO:0033013 ! tetrapyrrole metabolic process
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<GOterm>GO:0033015</GOterm>
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