chlorophyll catabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, into less complex products.
GO:0006787
porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process
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GO:0015994
chlorophyll metabolic process
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GO:0046149
pigment catabolic process
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chlorophyll breakdown
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chlorophyll catabolism
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chlorophyll degradation
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