tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0033014

The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the formation 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. [ GOC:mah ]

Synonyms: tetrapyrrole formation, tetrapyrrole biosynthesis, tetrapyrrole synthesis, tetrapyrrole anabolism

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biological_process

GO:0033014

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Equivalent to:

biosynthetic process and has primary output some tetrapyrrole

Subclass of:

heterocycle biosynthetic process
organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process
cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
aromatic compound biosynthetic process
organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process
tetrapyrrole metabolic process
has primary output some tetrapyrrole

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regulates

regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process

positively regulates

positive regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process

negatively regulates

negative regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process