porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process

id: GO:0006779
name: porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any member of a large group of derivatives or analogs of porphyrin. Porphyrin consists of a ring of four pyrrole nuclei linked each to the next at their alpha positions through a methine group.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006781succinyl-CoA pathway
GO:0006782protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process
GO:0006783heme biosynthetic process
GO:0009236cobalamin biosynthetic process
GO:0015995chlorophyll biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006778porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
GO:0033014tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
GO:0051188cofactor biosynthetic process