chlorophyll biosynthetic process
chlorophyll anabolism
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chlorophyll biosynthesis
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chlorophyll formation
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chlorophyll synthesis
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, from less complex precursors.
GO:0006779
porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
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GO:0015994
chlorophyll metabolic process
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GO:0046148
pigment biosynthetic process
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