Preferred Name | porphyrin | |
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Definitions |
group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached; the nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc; the porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin. |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2386-3893 |
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cui |
C0032712 |
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definition |
group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached; the nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc; the porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin. |
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DID |
2386-3893 |
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notation |
2386-3893 |
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prefLabel |
porphyrin |
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tui |
T109 T123 |
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subClassOf |