tetrapyrrole metabolic process
tetrapyrrole metabolism
exact
The chemical reactions and pathways involving 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.
GO:0008152
metabolic process
is_a
SPBC17A3.02 SPBC365.02c SPAC2F3.09 SPCC4B3.05c SPBC725.10 SPAC24B11.13 SPAC8C9.12c SPAC4D7.06c SPCC417.11c SPAC4G8.08 SPAC222.11 SPAC22E12.10c SPAC4G9.20c SPCC320.09 SPCC1183.03c SPAC1F5.07c SPCC1739.06c SPAP14E8.05c SPAC1805.06c SPAC31G5.08 SPAC823.10c