tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process

id: GO:0033014
name: tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006779porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
GO:0010024phytochromobilin biosynthetic process
GO:0033526tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate
GO:0033527tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA
GO:0046140corrin biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0018130heterocycle biosynthetic process
GO:0033013tetrapyrrole metabolic process
GO:0044271cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process