Preferred Name

Porphyrin
Synonyms
Definitions

A group of organic heterocyclic compounds that are comprised of four modified pyrrole subunits connected via methine bridges and form an aromatic macrocyclic structure, which has one or more side chains attached. Many porphyrins are naturally occurring pigments. Porphyrins with metal ions bound to the porphin ring can be cofactors for biological processes, such as oxygen transport by hemes and photosynthesis by chlorophyll.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C764

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:26214

CHEBI:8337

code

C764

Contributing_Source

CTRP

definition

A group of organic heterocyclic compounds that are comprised of four modified pyrrole subunits connected via methine bridges and form an aromatic macrocyclic structure, which has one or more side chains attached. Many porphyrins are naturally occurring pigments. Porphyrins with metal ions bound to the porphin ring can be cofactors for biological processes, such as oxygen transport by hemes and photosynthesis by chlorophyll.

Display_Name

Porphyrin

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C116977

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C142799

label

Porphyrin

Legacy Concept Name

Porphyrin

Preferred_Name

Porphyrin

prefixIRI

NCIT:C764

prefLabel

Porphyrin

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Biologically Active Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0032712

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C747

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C542

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