Category:GO:0042167 ! heme catabolic process

id: GO:0042167

name: heme catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring." [GOC:jl]
synonym: "haem catabolic process" EXACT []
synonym: "haem catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "heme breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "heme catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "heme degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006787 ! porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process
is_a: GO:0042168 ! heme metabolic process
is_a: GO:0046149 ! pigment catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0042167</GOterm>
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