tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
tetrapyrrole anabolism
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tetrapyrrole biosynthesis
exact
tetrapyrrole formation
exact
tetrapyrrole synthesis
exact
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation 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:0009058
biosynthetic process
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GO:0033013
tetrapyrrole metabolic process
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SPCC1739.06c SPAC22E12.10c SPCC320.09 SPBC17A3.02 SPAP14E8.05c SPAC31G5.08 SPAC823.10c SPAC8C9.12c SPAC1F5.07c SPCC1183.03c SPAC4G8.08 SPBC725.10 SPAC1805.06c SPCC4B3.05c SPBC365.02c SPAC4D7.06c SPAC24B11.13 SPAC222.11 SPAC4G9.20c SPAC2F3.09