tetrapyrrole catabolic process
tetrapyrrole breakdown
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tetrapyrrole catabolism
exact
tetrapyrrole degradation
exact
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.
GO:0009056
catabolic process
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GO:0033013
tetrapyrrole metabolic process
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