| Dataset | GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 |
| Category | structural or functional annotations |
| Type | biological process |
| Description | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any member of a large group of derivatives or analogs of porphyrin. Porphyrin consists of a ring of four pyrrole nuclei linked each to the next at their alpha positions through a methine group. (Gene Ontology, GO_0006787) |
| External Link | http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0006787 |
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7 genes participating in the porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 dataset.