heme metabolic process
id: GO:0042168
name: heme metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006783 | heme biosynthetic process |
GO:0006788 | heme oxidation |
GO:0042167 | heme catabolic process |
GO:0046156 | siroheme metabolic process |
GO:0046160 | heme a metabolic process |
GO:0046162 | heme c metabolic process |
GO:0046492 | heme b metabolic process |
GO:0048033 | heme o metabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006778 | porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process |
GO:0042440 | pigment metabolic process |