Term Information

Accession
GO:0006783
Name
heme biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
haem biosynthesis, haem biosynthetic process, heme anabolism, heme biosynthesis, heme formation, heme synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring, from less complex precursors. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:11788607
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006783 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of heme biosynthetic process (GO:0006783)
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heme biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  pigment biosynthetic process (GO:0046148)
heme biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:0006779)
heme biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  heme metabolic process (GO:0042168)
Children of heme biosynthetic process (GO:0006783)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
regulation of heme biosynthetic process (GO:0070453) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  heme biosynthetic process
siroheme biosynthetic process (GO:0019354) [is_a relation] is_a  heme biosynthetic process
heme B biosynthetic process (GO:0006785) [is_a relation] is_a  heme biosynthetic process
positive regulation of heme biosynthetic process (GO:0070455) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  heme biosynthetic process
heme C biosynthetic process (GO:0006786) [is_a relation] is_a  heme biosynthetic process
negative regulation of heme biosynthetic process (GO:0070454) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  heme biosynthetic process
heme O biosynthetic process (GO:0048034) [is_a relation] is_a  heme biosynthetic process
protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process (GO:0006782) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  heme biosynthetic process
heme A biosynthetic process (GO:0006784) [is_a relation] is_a  heme biosynthetic process
MetaCyc
HEMESYN2-PWY