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GO:0015995 chlorophyll biosynthetic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, from less complex precursors.

Term Information

ID GO:0015995
Name chlorophyll biosynthetic process
Ontology Biological Process
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, from less complex precursors.
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Synonyms

Type Synonym
exact chlorophyll anabolism
exact chlorophyll biosynthesis
exact chlorophyll formation
exact chlorophyll synthesis

Cross-references associated with this term:

Database ID
INTERPRO IPR011772
MetaCyc CHLOROPHYLL-SYN
INTERPRO IPR013580
INTERPRO IPR010791
INTERPRO IPR008434
INTERPRO IPR011771
INTERPRO IPR010251
INTERPRO IPR010940
INTERPRO IPR010253
INTERPRO IPR012174
INTERPRO IPR014105
INTERPRO IPR000523
INTERPRO IPR011776
INTERPRO IPR005969
INTERPRO IPR005970
INTERPRO IPR005971

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0008152 metabolic process
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0006807 nitrogen compound metabolic process
GO:0009058 biosynthetic process
GO:0042440 pigment metabolic process
GO:0044237 cellular metabolic process
GO:0046483 heterocycle metabolic process
GO:0051186 cofactor metabolic process
GO:0046148 pigment biosynthetic process
GO:0044249 cellular biosynthetic process
GO:0034641 cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process
GO:0033013 tetrapyrrole metabolic process
GO:0051188 cofactor biosynthetic process
GO:0018130 heterocycle biosynthetic process
GO:0006778 porphyrin metabolic process
GO:0044271 cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
GO:0015994 chlorophyll metabolic process
GO:0033014 tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process
GO:0006779 porphyrin biosynthetic process
GO:0015995 chlorophyll biosynthetic process

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Child Terms

All direct descendants (child terms) available for this GO term:
I GO:0030494 bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic process
R GO:0010380 regulation of chlorophyll biosynthetic process
I GO:0033305 chlorophyll a biosynthetic process

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Protein Annotation

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