Preferred Name |
Porphyrin |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C764 |
ALT_DEFINITION |
A 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. |
CHEBI_ID |
CHEBI:8337 CHEBI:26214 |
code |
C764 |
label |
Porphyrin |
Legacy_Concept_Name |
Porphyrin |
Preferred_Name |
Porphyrin |
prefixIRI |
C764 |
prefLabel |
Porphyrin |
Semantic_Type |
Biologically Active Substance Organic Chemical |
UMLS_CUI |
C0032712 |
subClassOf |
Delete | Mapping To | Ontology | Source |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_8337 | Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology | LOOM | |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_8337 | Human Phenotype Ontology China | LOOM |