Term Name: porphyrins
Synonyms: porphyrins
Definition: Natural pigments containing a fundamental skeleton of four pyrrole nuclei united through the alpha-positions by four methine groups to form a macrocyclic structure.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:26214]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: cyclic tetrapyrrole
has subtype: 5,10,15-trisubstituted porphyrin 5,15-disubstituted porphyrin bacteriochlorins beta-substituted porphyrin borylporphyrin Chlorophyll c coproporphyrin Coproporphyrin II cytoporphyrins Deuteroporphyrin IX dihydroporphyrin Dimethylprotoporphyrin IX dimethyl ester diporphyrin formylporphyrin haloporphyrin Harderoporphyrin Harderoporphyrinogen Heptacarboxylporphyrin I Heptacarboxylporphyrin III isobacteriochlorins Isocoproporphyrin isoporphyrin meso-substituted porphyrin mesoporphyrins metalloporphyrin octaethylporphyrin Pentacarboxyl porphyrinogen III Pentaporphyrin I phenylporphyrin porphyrin porphyrinogens protoporphyrins triporphyrin uroporphyrin
has_role: cofactor