protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process (Q14885226)
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The chemical reactions and pathways involving protoporphyrinogen IX, the specific substrate for the enzyme ferrochelatase, which catalyzes the insertion of iron to form protoheme. It is probably also the substrate for chlorophyll formation.
- GO:0046501
- protoporphyrinogen IX metabolism
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| English | protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways involving protoporphyrinogen IX, the specific substrate for the enzyme ferrochelatase, which catalyzes the insertion of iron to form protoheme. It is probably also the substrate for chlorophyll formation. |
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