protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process
id: GO:0046501
name: protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving protoporphyrinogen IX, the specific substrate for the enzyme ferrochelatase, which catalyzes the insertion of iron to form protoheme. It is probably also the substrate for chlorophyll formation.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006782 | protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006725 | cellular aromatic compound metabolic process |
| GO:0006778 | porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process |
