Term Information

Accession
GO:0140609
Name
phycocyanobilin biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
phycocyanobilin biosynthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions or pathway resulting in the formation of phycocyanobilin, which involves the oxidative cleavage of heme by a heme oxygenase (HO) to form biliverdin IX alpha. Biliverdin IX alpha is subsequently converted to phycocyanobilin by a ferredoxin-dependent oxidoreductase (PCYA). Source: PMID:23345435
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0140609 at QuickGO
Subset
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phycocyanobilin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process (GO:0033014)

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