Term Information

Accession
GO:0033015
Name
tetrapyrrole catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
tetrapyrrole breakdown, tetrapyrrole catabolism, tetrapyrrole degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the breakdown 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. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0033015 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of tetrapyrrole catabolic process (GO:0033015)
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tetrapyrrole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:1901565)
tetrapyrrole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound catabolic process (GO:1901361)
tetrapyrrole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle catabolic process (GO:0046700)
tetrapyrrole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole metabolic process (GO:0033013)
tetrapyrrole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:0044270)
tetrapyrrole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  aromatic compound catabolic process (GO:0019439)
Children of tetrapyrrole catabolic process (GO:0033015)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0006787) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole catabolic process
negative regulation of tetrapyrrole catabolic process (GO:1901405) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  tetrapyrrole catabolic process
positive regulation of tetrapyrrole catabolic process (GO:1901406) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  tetrapyrrole catabolic process
regulation of tetrapyrrole catabolic process (GO:1901404) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  tetrapyrrole catabolic process
cobalamin catabolic process (GO:0042366) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole catabolic process
corrin catabolic process (GO:0046141) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole catabolic process
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