Porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process

Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation 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.

ID: GO:0006779

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Relation between intracellular location and photodynamic efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX in vitro. Comparison between human glioblastoma cells and other cancer cell lines
Reinhard Sailer, Wolfgang S. L. Strauss, Michael Wagner, Helmut Emmert and Herbert Schneckenburger, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2007 , 6 , 145
DOI: 10.1039/b611715e