chlorophyll metabolic process
id: GO:0015994
name: chlorophyll metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0015995 | chlorophyll biosynthetic process |
| GO:0015996 | chlorophyll catabolic process |
| GO:0030493 | bacteriochlorophyll metabolic process |
| GO:0033304 | chlorophyll a metabolic process |
| GO:0033354 | chlorophyll cycle |
| GO:0052643 | chlorophyllide metabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006778 | porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process |


