porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process

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Nameporphyrin-containing compound metabolic process
IDGO_0006778
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Biological process

Related synonym

porphyrin metabolic process, porphyrin metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving any member of a large group of derivatives or analogs of porphyrin. Porphyrins consists of a ring of four pyrrole nuclei linked each to the next at their alpha positions through a methine group.

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