lactose catabolism
lactose degradation
lactose breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lactose, the disaccharide galactopyranosyl-glucose. [GOC:go_curators]


lactose degradation via tagatose-6-phosphate

lactose breakdown via tagatose-6-phosphate

lactose catabolic process via tagatose-6-phosphate

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lactose, via the intermediate tagatose-6-phosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


lactose degradation via UDP-galactose
lactose breakdown via UDP-galactose

lactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lactose, via the intermediate UDP-galactose. [GOC:go_curators]


lactose breakdown, using glucoside 3-dehydrogenase

lactose degradation, using glucoside 3-dehydrogenase

lactose catabolic process, using glucoside 3-dehydrogenase

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lactose, catalyzed by the enzyme glucoside 3-dehydrogenase. [GOC:jl]


malt sugar catabolism
maltose breakdown
maltose degradation
malt sugar catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the disaccharide maltose (4-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose). [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]


melibiose catabolism
melibiose breakdown
melibiose degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of melibiose, the disaccharide 6-O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucose. [ISBN:0198547684]


sucrose breakdown
sucrose degradation
sucrose catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sucrose, the disaccharide fructofuranosyl-glucopyranoside. [GOC:go_curators]


trehalose degradation
mycose catabolism
mykose catabolism
trehalose catabolism
mykose catabolic process
mycose catabolic process
trehalose breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of trehalose, a disaccharide isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0028623819]


glucuronoside catabolism
glucuronide catabolism
glucuronoside breakdown
glucuronoside degradation
glucuronide catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucuronosides, compound composed of a hydroxy compound linked to a glucuronate residue. [ISBN:0198506732]


O-glycoside degradation
O-glycoside breakdown
O-glycoside catabolism
glycoside breakdown
O-glycoside catabolic process
glycoside degradation
glycoside catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycosides, compounds in which a glycosyl group is substituted into a hydroxyl, thiol or selenol group in another compound. [GOC:go_curators]


cyanogenic glycoside breakdown
cyanogenic glycoside degradation
cyanogenic glycoside catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyanogenic glycosides, any glycoside containing a cyano group that is released as hydrocyanic acid on acid hydrolysis; such compounds occur in the kernels of various fruits. [ISBN:0198506732]


glycosinolate catabolism
glycosinolate degradation
glycosinolate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycosinolates, substituted thioglycosides found in rapeseed products and related cruciferae. [GOC:mah, http://www.gardeneaters.net/family_characteristics.html]


glucosinolate degradation
glucosinolate catabolism
glucosinolate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucosinolates, substituted thioglucosides found in rapeseed products and related cruciferae. [GOC:ai]


S-glycoside catabolism
S-glycoside degradation
thioglycoside catabolic process
S-glycoside breakdown
thioglycoside catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of S-glycosides, any compound in which a glycosyl group has been substituted into a thiol group. [ISBN:0198506732]


saponin catabolism
saponin breakdown
saponin degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of saponins, glycosides of plants in which the aglycan (sapogenin) group is a terpene or steroid and the sugar group is a glucose, a galactose, a pentose, a methylpentose or an oligosaccharide. Saponins are powerful surfactant agents and membrane active; they are, hence, toxic to animals on injection. [GOC:go_curators]


oligosaccharide breakdown
oligosaccharide catabolism
oligosaccharide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages. [ISBN:0198506732]


murein catabolism
murein catabolic process
peptidoglycan breakdown
peptidoglycan degradation
peptidoglycan catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found in bacterial cell walls. [http://www.dsmz.de/species/murein.htm, ISBN:0198506732]


polysaccharide breakdown
polysaccharide degradation
polysaccharide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. [PMID:33139480]


alginate catabolism
alginic acid breakdown
alginate catabolic process
alginic acid degradation
alginic acid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alginic acid, a hydrophilic polysaccharide occurring in, for example, the cell walls of brown algae (brown seaweeds). [ISBN:0198506732]


beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]


cell wall chitin breakdown
cell wall chitin catabolism
cell wall chitin degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cell wall chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, found in the walls of cells. [GOC:ai]


cuticle chitin breakdown
cuticle chitin catabolism
cuticle chitin degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cuticle chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, found in cuticles. [GOC:ai]


glucan catabolism
glucan degradation
glucan breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. [GOC:go_curators]


1,3-beta-glucan catabolism
beta-1,3 glucan degradation
1,3-beta-glucan breakdown
beta-1,3 glucan breakdown
beta-1,3 glucan catabolism
beta-1,3 glucan catabolic process
1,3-beta-D-glucan catabolic process
1,3-beta-glucan degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of (1->3)-beta-D-glucans. [GOC:ai]


1,6-beta-D-glucan catabolism
beta-1,6 glucan catabolic process
1,6-beta-D-glucan breakdown
beta-1,6 glucan catabolism
1,6-beta-D-glucan catabolic process
beta-1,6 glucan degradation
1,6-beta-D-glucan degradation
beta-1,6 glucan breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of (1->6)-beta-D-glucans. [GOC:ai]


cellulose catabolism
cellulose breakdown
cellulose degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cellulose, a linear beta1-4 glucan of molecular mass 50-400 kDa with the pyranose units in the -4C1 conformation. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


regulation of glycogenolysis
regulation of glycogen degradation
regulation of glycogen breakdown
regulation of glycogen catabolism

regulation of glycogen catabolic process

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycogen. [GOC:go_curators]


negative regulation of glycogen catabolism

negative regulation of glycogen degradation

down regulation of glycogen catabolic process

down-regulation of glycogen catabolic process

downregulation of glycogen catabolic process

negative regulation of glycogen breakdown

negative regulation of glycogen catabolic process

Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycogen. [GOC:go_curators]


up regulation of glycogen catabolic process

upregulation of glycogen catabolic process

positive regulation of glycogen catabolism

up-regulation of glycogen catabolic process

positive regulation of glycogen breakdown

positive regulation of glycogen degradation

positive regulation of glycogen catabolic process

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycogen. [GOC:go_curators]


starch breakdown
starch degradation
starch catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of starch, the most important reserve polysaccharide in plants. [GOC:ai]


lipopolysaccharide catabolism
lipopolysaccharide degradation
LPS catabolic process
lipopolysaccharide breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lipopolysaccharides, any of a group of related, structurally complex components of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. [GOC:ai]


mannan breakdown
mannan catabolism
mannan degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of mannan, the main hemicellulose of soft (coniferous) wood, made up of D-mannose, D-glucose and D-galactose. [ISBN:0198506732]


pectin degradation
pectin breakdown
pectin catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pectin, a polymer containing a backbone of alpha-1,4-linked D-galacturonic acid residues. [GOC:go_curators, PMID:11931668]


xylan breakdown
xylan degradation
xylan catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xylan, a polymer containing a beta-1,4-linked D-xylose backbone. [GOC:go_curators, PMID:11931668]


proteoglycan degradation
proteoglycan catabolism
proteoglycan breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proteoglycans, any glycoprotein in which the carbohydrate units are glycosaminoglycans. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


heparan sulphate proteoglycan catabolism

heparan sulfate proteoglycan degradation

heparan sulphate proteoglycan catabolic process

heparan sulfate proteoglycan catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proteoglycan containing heparan sulfate, any member of a group of glycosaminoglycans that have repeat units consisting of alternating alpha-(1->4) linked hexuronic acid and glucosamine residues, the former being a mixture of sulfated and nonsulfated D-glucuronic and L-iduronic acids, and the latter being either sulfated or acetylated on its amino group as well as sulfated on one of its hydroxyl groups. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving any disaccharide, sugars composed of two monosaccharide units. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0192800981]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving lactose, the disaccharide galactopyranosyl-glucose. [GOC:go_curators]


malt sugar metabolic process
malt sugar metabolism
maltose metabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways involving the disaccharide maltose (4-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose), an intermediate in the catabolism of glycogen and starch. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving melibiose, the disaccharide 6-O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucose. [ISBN:0198547684]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving sucrose, the disaccharide fructofuranosyl-glucopyranoside. [GOC:go_curators]


mycose metabolic process
mykose metabolic process
mykose metabolism
trehalose metabolism
mycose metabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways involving trehalose, a disaccharide isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0028623819]


glucuronide metabolic process
glucuronoside metabolism
glucuronide metabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucuronosides, any compound formed by combination in glycosidic linkage of a hydroxy compound with the anomeric carbon atom of a glucuronate. [ISBN:0198506732]


glycoside metabolism
O-glycoside metabolic process
O-glycoside metabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycosides, compounds in which a glycosyl group is substituted into a hydroxyl, thiol or selenol group in another compound. [ISBN:0198547684]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving cyanogenic glycosides, any glycoside containing a cyano group that is released as hydrocyanic acid on acid hydrolysis; such compounds occur in the kernels of various fruits. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycosinolates, substituted thioglycosides found in rapeseed products and related cruciferae. [GOC:mah, http://www.gardeneaters.net/family_characteristics.html]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucosinolates, substituted thioglucosides found in rapeseed products and related cruciferae. They are metabolized to a variety of toxic products which are most likely the cause of hepatocytic necrosis in animals and humans. [GOC:curators]


thioglycoside metabolism
S-glycoside metabolism
thioglycoside metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving S-glycosides, any compound in which a glycosyl group has been substituted into a thiol group. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving saponins, glycosides of plants in which the aglycan (sapogenin) group is a terpene or steroid and the sugar group is a glucose, a galactose, a pentose, a methylpentose or an oligosaccharide. Saponins are powerful surfactant agents and membrane active; they are, hence, toxic to animals on injection. [ISBN:0198547684]


Entner-Doudoroff pathway through 6-phosphogluconate

A pathway that converts a carbohydrate to pyruvate and glyceraldehyde-3 phosphate by producing 6-phosphogluconate and then dehydrating it. [GOC:jl, MetaCyc:ENTNER-DOUDOROFF-PWY-I, PMID:12921356, PMID:12981024]


alpha-ketoglutarate metabolic process
alpha-ketoglutarate metabolism
alpha-oxoglutarate metabolism
2-ketoglutarate metabolic process
2-ketoglutarate metabolism
2-oxoglutarate metabolism
alpha-oxoglutarate metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving oxoglutarate, the dianion of 2-oxoglutaric acid. It is a key constituent of the TCA cycle and a key intermediate in amino-acid metabolism. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving citrate, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboyxlate. Citrate is widely distributed in nature and is an important intermediate in the TCA cycle and the glyoxylate cycle. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving fumarate, the anion of trans-1,2-ethenedicarboxylic acid, the diastereoisomer of maleate. It is a key intermediate in metabolism and is formed in the TCA cycle from succinate and converted into malate. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving isocitrate, the anion of isocitric acid, 1-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid. Isocitrate is an important intermediate in the TCA cycle and the glycoxylate cycle. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving malate, the anion of hydroxybutanedioic acid, a chiral hydroxydicarboxylic acid. The (+) enantiomer is an important intermediate in metabolism as a component of both the TCA cycle and the glyoxylate cycle. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving oxaloacetate, the anion of oxobutanedioic acid, an important intermediate in metabolism, especially as a component of the TCA cycle. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving succinate, also known as butanedioate or ethane dicarboxylate, the dianion of succinic acid. Succinate is an important intermediate in metabolism and a component of the TCA cycle. [ISBN:0198506732]


Glycolytic fermentation resulting in the catabolism of glucose to propionate, yielding energy in the form of ATP; an alternative to the acrylate pathway to produce propionate. [GOC:dph, GOC:nr, MetaCyc:P108-PWY]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving succinyl-CoA, a compound composed of the monovalent acyl group 3-carboxypropanoyl, derived from succinic acid by loss of one OH group, linked to coenzyme A. [GOC:ai]


L-methylmalonyl-CoA synthesis
L-methylmalonyl-CoA anabolism
L-methylmalonyl-CoA formation
L-methylmalonyl-CoA biosynthesis

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of L-methylmalonyl-CoA, the L-enantiomer of 2-carboxypropanoyl-CoA. [GOC:ai, GOC:jsg, GOC:mah]


reductive carboxylic acid cycle
reductive Kreb's cycle
reductive carboxylate cycle
reductive TCA cycle
reductive citric acid pathway

A pathway leading to the fixation of two molecules of CO2 and the production of one molecule of acetyl-CoA; essentially the oxidative TCA cycle running in reverse. Acetyl-CoA is reductively carboxylated to pyruvate, from which all other central metabolites can be formed. Most of the enzymes of reductive and oxidative TCA cycle are shared, with the exception of three key enzymes that allow the cycle to run in reverse: ATP citrate lyase, 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, and fumarate reductase. 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase catalyzes the carboxylation of succinyl-CoA to 2-oxoglutarate, ATP citrate lyase the ATP-dependent cleavage of citrate to acetyl-CoA and oxaloacetate, and fumarate reductase the reduction of fumarate forming succinate. [GOC:jl, PMID:15838028]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages. [ISBN:0198506732]


lipopolysaccharide core region metabolism

lipopolysaccharide core region metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of the core region of bacterial lipopolysaccharides, which contains ten saccharide residues. The structure of this core oligosaccharide appears to be similar in closely related bacterial strains. [ISBN:0198506732]


peptidoglycan metabolism
murein metabolism
murein metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of strands of glycosaminoglycan cross-linked by oligopeptides to form a huge and rigid network. [ISBN:0198506732, PMID:33139480]


The continual breakdown and regeneration of peptidoglycan required to maintain the cell wall. [GOC:jl]


glycan metabolism
polysaccharide metabolism
glycan metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. [ISBN:0198547684]


alginic acid metabolism
alginate metabolism
alginate metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving alginic acid, a hydrophilic polysaccharide occurring in, for example, the cell walls of brown algae (brown seaweeds). [ISBN:0198506732]


beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving cell wall chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, found in the walls of cells. [GOC:ai]


establishment and maintenance of chitin localization

A process in which chitin is transported to, or maintained in, a specific location. [GOC:ai]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving cuticle chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, found in cuticles. [GOC:ai]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving colanic acid, a capsular bacterial polysaccharide composed of glucose, galactose, fucose and glucuronic acid residues. [GOC:ai, http://www.science.siu.edu/microbiology/micr425/425Notes/02-CellEnv.html]


enterobacterial common antigen metabolism

enterobacterial common antigen metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving enterobacterial common antigen, an acidic polysaccharide containing N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, N-acetyl-D-mannosaminouronic acid, and 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-galactose. A major component of the cell wall outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. [GOC:ma]


extracellular polysaccharide metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving polysaccharides used in extracellular structures. [GOC:ai]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving GDP-alpha-D-mannosylchitobiosyldiphosphodolichol, a substance composed of mannosylchitobiosyldiphosphodolichol in glycosidic linkage with guanosine diphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues, occurring at the level of an individual cell. [ISBN:0198547684]


1,6-beta-glucan metabolism
beta-1,6 glucan metabolism
beta-1,6 glucan metabolic process
1,6-beta-glucan metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving (1->6)-beta-D-glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by (1->6)-beta-D-glucosidic bonds. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving cellulose, a linear beta1-4 glucan of molecular mass 50-400 kDa with the pyranose units in the -4C1 conformation. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving starch, the most important reserve polysaccharide in plants. It is a glucan consisting of two components, amylose and amylopectin, which are both glucose homopolymers. Starch is synthesized as a temporary storage form of carbon and can be catabolized to produce sucrose. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving K antigen, a capsular polysaccharide antigen carried on the surface of bacterial capsules that masks somatic (O) antigens. [ISBN:0198506732]


lipopolysaccharide metabolism
LPS metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipopolysaccharides, a group of related, structurally complex components of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Lipopolysaccharides consist three covalently linked regions, lipid A, core oligosaccharide, and an O side chain. Lipid A is responsible for the toxicity of the lipopolysaccharide. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving mannan, a group of polysaccharides containing a backbone composed of a polymer of D-mannose units. [GOC:tair_curators]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving the O side chain of a lipopolysaccharide, which determines the antigenic specificity of the organism. It is made up of about 50 repeating units of a branched tetrasaccharide. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving pectin, a group of galacturonic acid-containing, water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates of high molecular weight and of net negative charge. [GOC:tair_curators]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving xylan, a polymer containing a beta-1,4-linked D-xylose backbone. [GOC:go_curators, PMID:11931668]


The chemical reactions and pathways involving proteoglycans, any glycoprotein in which the carbohydrate units are glycosaminoglycans. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


heparan sulphate proteoglycan metabolism

heparan sulphate proteoglycan metabolic process

heparan sulfate proteoglycan metabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways involving any proteoglycan containing heparan sulfate, any member of a group of glycosaminoglycans that have repeat units consisting of alternating alpha-(1->4)-linked hexuronic acid and glucosamine residues, the former being a mixture of sulfated and nonsulfated D-glucuronic and L-iduronic acids, and the latter being either sulfated or acetylated on its amino group as well as sulfated on one of its hydroxyl groups. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


OBSOLETE. Transfer of sulfate to a proteoglycan (a glycoprotein whose carbohydrate units are glycosaminoglycans) using 3'-phosphoadenyl sulfate. [GOC:hjd]


regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrates. [GOC:go_curators]


negative regulation of carbohydrate metabolism

down-regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

downregulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

down regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

negative regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrate. [GOC:go_curators]


up regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

up-regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

positive regulation of carbohydrate metabolism

upregulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

positive regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrate. [GOC:go_curators]


carbon utilization by utilization of organic compounds

A series of processes that forms an integrated mechanism by which a cell or an organism detects the depletion of primary carbon sources and then activates genes to scavenge the last traces of the primary carbon source and to transport and metabolize alternative carbon sources such as carbon dioxide or carbonic acid. The utilization process begins when the cell or organism detects carbon levels, includes the activation of genes whose products detect, transport or metabolize carbon-containing substances, and ends when carbon is incorporated into the cell or organism's metabolism. [GOC:mah, GOC:mlg]


alkaloid catabolism
alkaloid breakdown
alkaloid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alkaloids, nitrogen containing natural products not otherwise classified as peptides, nonprotein amino acids, amines, cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates, cofactors, phytohormones or primary metabolites (such as purine or pyrimidine bases). [GOC:lr, ISBN:0122146743]


nicotine breakdown
nicotine catabolism
nicotine degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nicotine, (S)(-)-3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine. [GOC:sm, ISBN:0198547684]


alkanesulphonate catabolic process
alkanesulphonate catabolism
alkanesulfonate catabolism
alkanesulfonate degradation
alkanesulfonate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alkanesulfonates, the anion of alkanesulfonic acids, sulfonic acid derivatives containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon group. [GOC:ai]


cellular cell wall macromolecule degradation

cellular cell wall macromolecule catabolic process

cellular cell wall macromolecule breakdown

cellular cell wall macromolecule catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of macromolecules that form part of a cell wall. [GOC:go_curators]


coenzyme and prosthetic group catabolic process

coenzyme and prosthetic group catabolism

OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of coenzymes and prosthetic groups. [GOC:ai]


coenzyme A degradation
coenzyme A breakdown
CoA catabolism
coenzyme A catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of coenzyme A, 3'-phosphoadenosine-(5')diphospho(4')pantatheine, an acyl carrier in many acylation and acyl-transfer reactions in which the intermediate is a thiol ester. [ISBN:0198547684]


glutathione catabolism
glutathione degradation
glutathione breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutathione, the tripeptide glutamylcysteinylglycine, which acts as a coenzyme for some enzymes and as an antioxidant in the protection of sulfhydryl groups in enzymes and other proteins. [GOC:ai, ISBN:0198506732]


pantothenate catabolism
vitamin B5 catabolic process
vitamin B5 catabolism
pantothenate degradation
pantothenate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pantothenate, the anion of pantothenic acid. It is a B complex vitamin that is a constituent of coenzyme A and is distributed ubiquitously in foods. [GOC:ai, ISBN:0721662544]


pyridine nucleotide breakdown
pyridine nucleotide catabolism
pyridine nucleotide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pyridine nucleotide, a nucleotide characterized by a pyridine derivative as a nitrogen base. [GOC:jl, GOC:pde, GOC:vw]


oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate catabolic process

oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate catabolism

reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate catabolism

reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate, a coenzyme involved in many redox and biosynthetic reactions; catabolism may be of either the oxidized form, NADP, or the reduced form, NADPH. [GOC:mah]


reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolic process

reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolism

oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolic process

oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme present in most living cells and derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid; catabolism may be of either the oxidized form, NAD, or the reduced form, NADH. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0618254153]


nicotinamide riboside breakdown
nicotinamide riboside catabolism
N-ribosylnicotinamide catabolic process
nicotinamide riboside degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nicotinamide riboside, the product of the formation of a glycosidic bond between ribose and nicotinamide. [ISBN:0198506732]


quinone cofactor catabolic process
quinone cofactor degradation
quinone cofactor breakdown


vitamin K breakdown
vitamin K degradation
naphthoquinone catabolic process
naphthoquinone catabolism
vitamin K catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any of the forms of vitamin K, quinone-derived vitamins which are involved in the synthesis of blood-clotting factors in mammals. [GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k]


phytonadione catabolic process
phytonadione catabolism
phytomenadione catabolic process
phylloquinone catabolism
vitamin K1 catabolism
phylloquinone breakdown
phytylmenaquinone catabolic process
phytylmenaquinone catabolism
vitamin K1 catabolic process
phytomenadione catabolism
phylloquinone degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phylloquinone, vitamin K1, a quinone-derived compound synthesized by green plants. [GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k]


The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of menaquinones, any of the quinone-derived compounds synthesized by intestinal bacteria. Structurally, menaquinones consist of a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure and side chains composed of a variable number of unsaturated isoprenoid residues. Menaquinones have vitamin K activity and are known as vitamin K2. [GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k]


thiamine pyrophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of thiamine diphosphate, a derivative of thiamine (vitamin B1) which acts as a coenzyme in a range of processes including the Krebs cycle. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]


corrin catabolism
corrin breakdown
corrin degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of corrin, C19H22N4, the fundamental heterocyclic skeleton of the corrinoids. It consists of four reduced pyrrole rings joined into a macrocyclic ring. Corrin is the core of the vitamin B12 molecule. [GOC:ai]


porphyrin breakdown
porphyrin degradation
porphyrin catabolic process


The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of bilirubin monoglucuronide or bilirubin diglucuronide, water-soluble derivatives of bilirubin. [DOI:10.1016/0305-0491(80)90243-6]


chlorophyll catabolism
chlorophyll breakdown
chlorophyll degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, into less complex products. [GOC:jl]


bacteriochlorophyll breakdown
bacteriochlorophyll degradation
bacteriochlorophyll catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of bacteriochlorophyll, any of the chlorophylls of photosynthetic bacteria. They differ structurally from the chlorophylls of higher plants. [GOC:go_curators]


heme breakdown
heme catabolism
haem catabolic process
heme degradation
haem catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring. [GOC:jl]


heme a degradation
heme a catabolism
haem a catabolism
haem a catabolic process
heme a breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of heme a, a derivative of heme found in cytochrome aa3. [GOC:curators, PMID:28352909]


heme C breakdown
haem C catabolic process
haem C catabolism
heme C degradation
heme C catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of heme C, a derivative of heme found in cytochromes c, b4, and f. [GOC:curators]


siroheme degradation
siroheme catabolism
sirohaem catabolic process
sirohaem catabolism
siroheme breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of siroheme, a tetrahydroporphyrin with adjacent, reduced pyrrole rings. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the loss of electrons from one or more atoms in heme. [GOC:mah]


vitamin B12 catabolism
vitamin B12 catabolic process
cobalamin breakdown
cobalamin degradation
cobalamin catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cobalamin (vitamin B12), a water-soluble vitamin characterized by possession of a corrin nucleus containing a cobalt atom. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyribonucleoside catabolism
deoxyribonucleoside degradation
deoxyribonucleoside breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine or pyrimidine base covalently bonded to a sugar deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:ai]


purine deoxyribonucleoside catabolism
purine deoxyribonucleoside breakdown
purine deoxyribonucleoside degradation

purine deoxyribonucleoside catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine base covalently bonded to a sugar deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:ai]


deoxyadenosine catabolism
deoxyadenosine degradation
deoxyadenosine breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxyadenosine, 2-deoxyribosyladenine, one of the four major nucleosides of DNA. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyguanosine catabolism
deoxyguanosine degradation
deoxyguanosine breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxyguanosine, a nucleoside consisting of the base guanine and the sugar deoxyribose. [GOC:jl]


pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a pyrimidine base covalently bonded to a sugar deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:ai]


deoxycytidine degradation
deoxycytidine breakdown
deoxycytidine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxycytidine, 2-deoxyribosylcytosine, one of the four major nucleosides of DNA. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyinosine catabolism
deoxyinosine breakdown
deoxyinosine degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxyinosine, hypoxanthine deoxyriboside. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyuridine catabolism
deoxyuridine breakdown
deoxyuridine degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxyuridine, 2-deoxyribosyluracil, one of the four major nucleosides of DNA. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyribosylthymine catabolism
thymidine catabolism
thymidine degradation
deoxyribosylthymine catabolic process
thymidine breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of thymidine, deoxyribosylthymine thymine 2-deoxyriboside, a deoxynucleoside very widely distributed but occurring almost entirely as phosphoric esters in deoxynucleotides and deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. [GOC:go_curators]


DNA catabolism
DNA breakdown
DNA degradation

The cellular DNA metabolic process resulting in the breakdown of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long unbranched macromolecule formed from one or two strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides, the 3'-phosphate group of each constituent deoxyribonucleotide being joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the deoxyribose moiety of the next one. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


endonucleolytic DNA catabolism
DNA breakdown, endonucleolytic
DNA degradation, endonucleolytic
endonucleolytic degradation of DNA

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of DNA, involving the hydrolysis of internal 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds in one or two strands of deoxyribonucleotides. [GOC:elh, GOC:mah]


exonucleolytic degradation of DNA
DNA degradation, exonucleolytic
DNA breakdown, exonucleolytic

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of DNA, involving the hydrolysis of terminal 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds in one or two strands of deoxyribonucleotides. [GOC:elh, GOC:mah]


The 5' to 3' exonucleolytic resection of the DNA at the site of the break to form a 3' single-strand DNA overhang. [PMID:10357855]


heterocycle degradation
heterocycle catabolism
heterocycle breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of heterocyclic compounds, those with a cyclic molecular structure and at least two different atoms in the ring (or rings). [GOC:ai]


hormone breakdown
hormone catabolism
hormone degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any hormone, naturally occurring substances secreted by specialized cells that affects the metabolism or behavior of other cells possessing functional receptors for the hormone. [GOC:jl]


androgen catabolism
androgen degradation
androgen breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of androgens, C19 steroid hormones that can stimulate the development of male sexual characteristics. [ISBN:0198506732]


auxin degradation
auxin breakdown
auxin catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of auxins, a group of plant hormones that regulate aspects of plant growth. [GOC:lm, GOC:lr, ISBN:0198547684]


C21-steroid hormone degradation
C21-steroid hormone breakdown
C21-steroid hormone catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of C21-steroid hormones, steroid compounds containing 21 carbons which function as hormones. [GOC:ai]


progesterone catabolism
progesterone breakdown
progesterone degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of progesterone, a steroid hormone produced in the ovary which prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy. Also found in plants. [GOC:jl, http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/]


ecdysteroid breakdown
ecdysteroid degradation
ecdysteroid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ecdysteroids, a group of polyhydroxylated ketosteroids which initiate post-embryonic development. [GOC:ai]


estrogen breakdown
oestrogen catabolic process
estrogen degradation
oestrogen catabolism
estrogen catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of estrogens, C18 steroid hormones that can stimulate the development of female sexual characteristics. Also found in plants. [ISBN:0198506732]


glucocorticoid breakdown
glucocorticoid catabolism
glucocorticoid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucocorticoids, hormonal C21 corticosteroids synthesized from cholesterol. [ISBN:0198506732]


juvenile hormone breakdown
juvenile hormone catabolism
juvenile hormone degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of juvenile hormones, the three sesquiterpenoid derivatives that function to maintain the larval state of insects at molting and that may be required for other processes, e.g. oogenesis. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198547684]


regulation of juvenile hormone catabolism

regulation of juvenile hormone degradation

regulation of juvenile hormone breakdown

regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of juvenile hormone. [GOC:go_curators]


negative regulation of juvenile hormone degradation

down-regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

downregulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

down regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

negative regulation of juvenile hormone catabolism

negative regulation of juvenile hormone breakdown

negative regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of juvenile hormone. [GOC:go_curators]


positive regulation of juvenile hormone breakdown

up-regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

positive regulation of juvenile hormone catabolism

positive regulation of juvenile hormone degradation

upregulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

up regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

positive regulation of juvenile hormone catabolic process

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of juvenile hormone. [GOC:go_curators]


mineralocorticoid breakdown
mineralocorticoid degradation
mineralocorticoid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of mineralocorticoids, hormonal C21 corticosteroids synthesized from cholesterol. [ISBN:0198506732]


ketone degradation
ketone catabolism
ketone breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ketones, a class of organic compounds that contain the carbonyl group, CO, and in which the carbonyl group is bonded only to carbon atoms. The general formula for a ketone is RCOR, where R and R are alkyl or aryl groups. [GOC:go_curators]


(+)-camphor catabolism
(+)-camphor degradation
(+)-camphor breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of (+)-camphor, a bicyclic monoterpene ketone. [UM-BBD_pathwayID:cam]


acetoin catabolism
acetoin degradation
acetoin breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetoin, 3-hydroxy-2-butanone. [GOC:mlg]


fatty acid degradation
fatty acid catabolism
fatty acid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a fatty acid, any of the aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that can be liberated by hydrolysis from naturally occurring fats and oils. Fatty acids are predominantly straight-chain acids of 4 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be saturated or unsaturated; branched fatty acids and hydroxy fatty acids also occur, and very long chain acids of over 30 carbons are found in waxes. [GOC:go_curators]


short-chain fatty acid breakdown
short-chain fatty acid catabolism
short-chain fatty acid degradation

short-chain fatty acid catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of fatty acids with a chain length of less than C6. [ISBN:0198506732]


glycerolipid breakdown
glycerolipid catabolism
glycerolipid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerolipids, any lipid with a glycerol backbone. [GOC:ai]


acylglycerol catabolism
acylglycerol degradation
acylglycerol breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acylglycerol, any mono-, di- or triester of glycerol with (one or more) fatty acids. [GOC:ai]


diglyceride catabolism
diacylglycerol degradation
diacylglycerol catabolism
diacylglycerol breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of diacylglycerol, a glyceride in which any two of the R groups (positions not specified) are acyl groups while the remaining R group can be either H or an alkyl group. [PMID:11717312]


CDP-diacylglycerol catabolism
CDP-diacylglycerol breakdown
CDP-diacylglycerol degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of CDP-diacylglycerol, CDP-1,2-diacylglycerol, a substance composed of diacylglycerol in glycosidic linkage with cytidine diphosphate. [PMID:6147353]


triacylglycerol catabolism
triglyceride degradation
triglyceride catabolism
triacylglycerol catabolic process
triglyceride breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a triglyceride, any triester of glycerol. [ISBN:0198506732]


The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an isoprenoid compound, isoprene (2-methylbuta-1,3-diene) or compounds containing or derived from linked isoprene (3-methyl-2-butenylene) residues. [ISBN:0198506732]


farnesyl diphosphate catabolism
farnesyl diphosphate degradation
farnesyl diphosphate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of farnesyl diphosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


polyterpene catabolism
polyterpene catabolic process


terpenoid breakdown
terpenoid catabolism
terpenoid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of terpenoids, any member of a class of compounds characterized by an isoprenoid chemical structure. [GOC:ai]


diterpenoid degradation
diterpenoid catabolism
diterpenoid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of diterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with four isoprene units. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198547684]


gibberellic acid catabolism
gibberellin catabolism
gibberellic acid breakdown
gibberellic acid degradation
gibberellic acid catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of gibberellin. Gibberellins are a class of highly modified terpenes that function as plant growth regulators. [GOC:go_curators]


monoterpenoid breakdown
monoterpenoid catabolism
monoterpenoid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monoterpenoid compounds, terpenoids having a C10 skeleton. [GOC:go_curators]


polyterpenoid catabolism
polyterpenoid degradation
polyterpenoid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of polyterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with more than eight isoprene units. [GOC:go_curators]


sesquiterpenoid catabolism
sesquiterpenoid degradation
sesquiterpenoid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sesquiterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with three isoprene units. [GOC:go_curators]


abscisic acid breakdown
abscisic acid catabolism
abscisic acid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of abscisic acid, 5-(1-hydroxy-2,6,6,trimethyl-4-oxocyclohex-2-en-1-y1)-3-methylpenta-2,4-dienoic acid. [GOC:ai]


tetraterpenoid degradation
tetraterpenoid catabolism
tetraterpenoid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tetraterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with eight isoprene units. [GOC:go_curators]


carotenoid catabolism
carotenoid degradation
carotenoid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail. [GOC:go_curators]


carotene breakdown
carotene catabolism
carotene degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenes, hydrocarbon carotenoids. [GOC:go_curators]


xanthophyll catabolism
xanthophyll breakdown
xanthophyll degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthophylls, oxygen-containing carotenoids. [GOC:go_curators]


triterpenoid catabolism
triterpenoid breakdown
triterpenoid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of triterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with six isoprene units. [GOC:go_curators]


pentacyclic triterpenoid breakdown
pentacyclic triterpenoid catabolism
pentacyclic triterpenoid degradation

pentacyclic triterpenoid catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pentacyclic triterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with six isoprene units and 5 carbon rings. [ISBN:0198506732]


hopanoid breakdown
hopanoid catabolism
hopanoid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of hopanoids, pentacyclic sterol-like compounds based on the hopane nucleus. [ISBN:0198547684]


prenol degradation
prenol catabolism
prenol breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of prenols, isoprenoids of general formula (H-CH2-C(CH3)=CH-CH2-)n-OH, any primary monohydroxy alcohol whose carbon skeleton consists of two or more isoprenoid residues linked head to tail. [GOC:go_curators]


polyprenol breakdown
polyprenol degradation
polyprenol catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of polyprenols, prenols with more than 4 isoprenoid residues, which may be all-trans, or a mixture of cis and trans. [GOC:go_curators, Wikipedia:Polyprenol]


membrane lipid catabolism
membrane lipid breakdown
membrane lipid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of membrane lipids, any lipid found in or associated with a biological membrane. [GOC:ai]


glycolipid catabolism
glycolipid degradation
glycolipid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycolipid, a class of 1,2-di-O-acylglycerols joined at oxygen 3 by a glycosidic linkage to a carbohydrate part (usually a mono-, di- or tri-saccharide). [GOC:go_curators]


galactolipid degradation
galactolipid breakdown
galactolipid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactolipids, any glycolipid containing one of more residues of galactose and/or N-acetylgalactosamine. [ISBN:0198506732]


galactosylceramide catabolism
galactosylceramide breakdown
galactosylceramide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of galactose by a ceramide group. [GOC:ai]


glycosphingolipid degradation
glycosphingolipid breakdown
glycosphingolipid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycosphingolipid, a compound with residues of sphingoid and at least one monosaccharide. [ISBN:0198506732]


ganglioside degradation
ganglioside catabolism
ganglioside breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ganglioside, a ceramide oligosaccharide carrying, in addition to other sugar residues, one or more sialic residues. [ISBN:0198547684]


glycosylceramide breakdown
glycosylceramide degradation
glycosylceramide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of a monosaccharide (or derivative) by a ceramide group. [GOC:ai]


glucosylceramide breakdown
glucosylceramide degradation
glucosylceramide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of glucose by a ceramide group. [GOC:ai]


phospholipid breakdown
phospholipid catabolism
phospholipid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phospholipids, any lipid containing phosphoric acid as a mono- or diester. [ISBN:0198506732]


glycerophospholipid breakdown
glycerophospholipid catabolism
glycerophospholipid degradation
phosphoglyceride catabolic process
phosphoglyceride catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerophospholipids, any derivative of glycerophosphate that contains at least one O-acyl, O-alkyl, or O-alkenyl group attached to the glycerol residue. [ISBN:0198506732]


phosphatidylserine breakdown
phosphatidylserine degradation
phosphatidylserine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phosphatidylserines, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which the phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of L-serine. [ISBN:0198506732]


sphingomyelin catabolism
sphingomyelin breakdown
sphingomyelin degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine. [ISBN:0198506732]


sphingolipid catabolism
sphingolipid degradation
sphingolipid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid). [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


sphingoid breakdown
sphingoid catabolism
sphingoid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingoids, any of a class of compounds comprising sphinganine and its homologues and stereoisomers, and derivatives of these compounds. [ISBN:0198506732]


ceramide degradation
ceramide breakdown
ceramide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ceramides, any N-acetylated sphingoid. [GOC:ai]


neutral lipid degradation
neutral lipid breakdown
neutral lipid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of neutral lipids, lipids only soluble in solvents of very low polarity. [GOC:ai]


steroid degradation
steroid breakdown
steroid catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus. [GOC:go_curators]


bile acid catabolism
bile acid degradation
bile acid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of bile acids, any of a group of steroid carboxylic acids occurring in bile. [GOC:go_curators]


phytosteroid degradation
phytosteroid catabolism
phytosteroid breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phytosteroids, steroids that differ from animal steroids in having substitutions at C24 and/or a double bond at C22. Phytosteroids are so named because they occur in higher plants; some, notably ergosterol, are also found in fungi. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mah]


brassinosteroid catabolism
brassinosteroid breakdown
brassinosteroid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of brassinosteroids, any of a group of steroid derivatives that occur at very low concentrations in plant tissues and may have hormone-like effects. [ISBN:0192801023]


biopolymer catabolic process
macromolecule breakdown
macromolecule catabolism
macromolecule degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass. [GOC:mah]


haemoglobin catabolism
haemoglobin catabolic process
hemoglobin degradation
hemoglobin catabolism
hemoglobin breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of hemoglobin, an oxygen carrying, conjugated protein containing four heme groups and globin; especially, the proteolytic cleavage of hemoglobin to yield free heme, peptides, and amino acids. [GOC:jl, GOC:mb]


prenylated protein breakdown
prenylated protein degradation
prenylated protein catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of prenylated proteins. [GOC:mah]


OBSOLETE. The hydrolysis of a peptide bond or bonds within a protein using energy from the hydrolysis of ATP. [GOC:jl]


collagen degradation
collagen catabolism
collagen breakdown

The proteolytic chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of collagen in the extracellular matrix, usually carried out by proteases secreted by nearby cells. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194]


glycoprotein catabolism
glycoprotein catabolic process
glycoprotein degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a glycoprotein, a protein that contains covalently bound glycose (i.e. monosaccharide) residues; the glycose occurs most commonly as oligosaccharide or fairly small polysaccharide but occasionally as monosaccharide. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


glycopeptide catabolism
glycopeptide degradation
glycopeptide breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycopeptides, a compound in which carbohydrate is covalently attached to an oligopeptide composed of residues of L and/or D-amino acids. The term usually denotes a product of proteolytic degradation of a glycoprotein but includes glycated peptide. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


O-sialoglycoprotein degradation
O-sialoglycoprotein breakdown
O-sialoglycoprotein catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of O-sialoglycoproteins, glycoproteins which contain sialic acid as one of their carbohydrates. They are often found on or in the cell or tissue membranes and participate in a variety of biological activities. [GOC:go_curators, PMID:8824323]


The removal of sugar residues from a glycosylated protein. [GOC:mah]


lipoprotein catabolism
lipoprotein degradation
lipoprotein breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any conjugated, water-soluble protein in which the covalently attached nonprotein group consists of a lipid or lipids. [ISBN:0198506732]


mannoprotein catabolism
mannoprotein breakdown
mannoprotein degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a mannoprotein, a protein that contains covalently bound mannose residues. [ISBN:0198506732]


The proteolytic cleavage of transmembrane proteins and release of their ectodomain (extracellular domain). [GOC:jl, http://www.copewithcytokines.de/]


misfolded or incompletely synthesized protein breakdown

misfolded or incompletely synthesized protein catabolic process

degradation of misfolded or incompletely synthesized proteins

misfolded or incompletely synthesized protein degradation

misfolded or incompletely synthesized protein catabolism

protein quality control for misfolded or incompletely synthesized proteins

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of misfolded or attenuated proteins. [GOC:jl]


endoplasmic reticulum-associated ubiqutin-dependent protein catabolism

ER-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein breakdown

ER-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process

ER-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation

ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal protein catabolism of ER proteins

endoplasmic reticulum-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process

The series of steps necessary to target endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident proteins for degradation by the cytoplasmic proteasome. Begins with recognition of the ER-resident protein, includes retrotranslocation (dislocation) of the protein from the ER to the cytosol, protein ubiquitination necessary for correct substrate transfer, transport of the protein to the proteasome, and ends with degradation of the protein by the cytoplasmic proteasome. [GOC:mah, GOC:rb, PMID:14607247, PMID:19520858]

ER-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolism


modification-initiated protein catabolic process

modification-dependent protein catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein or peptide by hydrolysis of its peptide bonds, initiated by the covalent modification of the target protein. [GOC:go_curators]


The process in which a SUMO protein (small ubiquitin-related modifier) is cleaved from its target protein. [GOC:jl, PMID:11265250]


small ubiquitin-related protein 1 conjugation

The process in which a SUMO protein (small ubiquitin-related modifier) is conjugated to a target protein via an isopeptide bond between the carboxy-terminus of SUMO with an epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue of the target protein. [GOC:jl, PMID:11265250]


ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolism
ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation
ubiquitin-dependent protein breakdown
ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis

ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein or peptide by hydrolysis of its peptide bonds, initiated by the covalent attachment of a ubiquitin group, or multiple ubiquitin groups, to the protein. [GOC:go_curators]


The conjugation of arginine to the N-terminal aspartate or glutamate of a protein; required for the degradation of the protein via the ubiquitin pathway. [PMID:17896865]


protein deubiquitylation
protein deubiquitination
protein deubiquitinylation

The removal of one or more ubiquitin groups from a protein. [GOC:ai]


regulation of cellular protein catabolism

regulation of cellular protein degradation

regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

regulation of cellular protein breakdown

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by the destruction of the native, active configuration, with or without the hydrolysis of peptide bonds. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:jl]


downregulation of cellular protein catabolism

negative regulation of protein degradation

negative regulation of protein catabolism

down regulation of protein catabolic process

down regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

down-regulation of cellular protein breakdown

down regulation of cellular protein degradation

down-regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

negative regulation of cellular protein breakdown

down-regulation of cellular protein catabolism

negative regulation of cellular protein degradation

negative regulation of protein breakdown

down regulation of cellular protein catabolism

negative regulation of cellular protein catabolism

downregulation of cellular protein degradation

negative regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

down-regulation of protein catabolic process

downregulation of cellular protein breakdown

down regulation of cellular protein breakdown

downregulation of cellular protein catabolic process

down-regulation of cellular protein degradation

downregulation of protein catabolic process

negative regulation of protein catabolic process

Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of protein catabolic process. [GO_REF:0000058, GOC:kmv, GOC:obol, GOC:TermGenie, PMID:24785082]


positive regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

up regulation of protein catabolic process

upregulation of cellular protein breakdown

up regulation of cellular protein breakdown

positive regulation of cellular protein catabolism

positive regulation of cellular protein degradation

positive regulation of protein catabolism

up regulation of cellular protein degradation

upregulation of protein catabolic process

up-regulation of cellular protein breakdown

up-regulation of cellular protein degradation

upregulation of cellular protein degradation

positive regulation of protein breakdown

up-regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

positive regulation of cellular protein breakdown

positive regulation of protein degradation

upregulation of cellular protein catabolic process

up regulation of cellular protein catabolism

up regulation of cellular protein catabolic process

up-regulation of cellular protein catabolism

upregulation of cellular protein catabolism

up-regulation of protein catabolic process

positive regulation of protein catabolic process

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by the destruction of the native, active configuration, with or without the hydrolysis of peptide bonds. [GOC:go_curators]


nuclear mRNA catabolic process, deadenylation-dependent decay

mRNA degradation, deadenylation-dependent decay

mRNA catabolic process, deadenylylation-dependent

mRNA breakdown, deadenylation-dependent decay

nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, deadenylation-dependent decay

A major pathway of degradation of nuclear-transcribed mRNAs that proceeds through a series of ordered steps that includes poly(A) tail shortening and that can regulate mRNA stability. [GOC:jp, GOC:krc]


deadenylation-dependent decapping of nuclear mRNA

deadenylation-dependent decapping of nuclear-transcribed mRNA

Cleavage of the 5'-cap of a nuclear mRNA triggered by shortening of the poly(A) tail to below a minimum functional length. [GOC:krc]


nuclear mRNA catabolic process, exonucleolytic

nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, exonucleolytic

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the transcript body of a nuclear-transcribed mRNA that occurs when the ends are not protected by the 5'-cap or the 3'-poly(A) tail. [GOC:krc]


nuclear mRNA catabolic process, endonucleolytic cleavage-dependent decay

mRNA degradation, endonucleolytic cleavage-dependent decay

mRNA breakdown, endonucleolytic cleavage-dependent decay

nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, endonucleolytic cleavage-dependent decay

A minor degradation pathway nuclear-transcribed mRNAs that begins with an endonucleolytic cleavage to generate unprotected ends. [GOC:krc]


nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay

nuclear mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay

mRNA degradation, nonsense-mediated decay

The nonsense-mediated decay pathway for nuclear-transcribed mRNAs degrades mRNAs in which an amino-acid codon has changed to a nonsense codon; this prevents the translation of such mRNAs into truncated, and potentially harmful, proteins. [GOC:krc, GOC:ma, PMID:10025395]


RNA fragment degradation
RNA fragment catabolism
RNA fragment breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a fragment of RNA, such as excised introns or sequences removed from ribosomal RNA during processing. [GOC:mah]


rRNA catabolism
rRNA degradation
rRNA breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of rRNA, ribosomal RNA, a structural constituent of ribosomes. [GOC:ai]


snRNA breakdown
snRNA catabolism
snRNA degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of snRNA, small nuclear RNA, low-molecular-mass RNA molecules found in the eukaryotic nucleus as components of the small nuclear ribonucleoprotein. [ISBN:0198506732]


tRNA catabolism
tRNA breakdown
tRNA degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tRNA, transfer RNA, a class of relatively small RNA molecules responsible for mediating the insertion of amino acids into the sequence of nascent polypeptide chains during protein synthesis. [GOC:ai]


nitric oxide breakdown
nitric oxide degradation
nitric oxide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nitric oxide, nitrogen monoxide (NO), a colorless gas only slightly soluble in water. [GOC:ai]


nucleoside breakdown
nucleoside catabolism
nucleoside degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine or pyrimidine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:jl]


purine nucleoside degradation
purine nucleoside catabolism
purine nucleoside breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleoside, one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:go_curators]


purine ribonucleoside catabolism
purine ribonucleoside breakdown
purine ribonucleoside degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any purine ribonucleoside, a nucleoside in which purine base is linked to a ribose (beta-D-ribofuranose) molecule. [GOC:ai]


adenosine breakdown
adenosine degradation
adenosine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of adenosine, adenine riboside, a ribonucleoside found widely distributed in cells of every type as the free nucleoside and in combination in nucleic acids and various nucleoside coenzymes. [GOC:go_curators]


bis(5'-nucleosidyl) oligophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a bis(5'-nucleosidyl) oligophosphate, a compound formed of two nucleosides joined together through their 5' carbons by a chain of phosphate molecules. [GOC:mah, PMID:10970777]


diadenosine polyphosphate breakdown
diadenosine polyphosphate catabolism
diadenosine polyphosphate degradation

diadenosine polyphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of diadenosine polyphosphate, a derivative of the nucleoside adenosine with phosphate groups attached. [GOC:ai]


diadenosine tetraphosphate breakdown
diadenosine tetraphosphate catabolism
diadenosine tetraphosphate degradation

diadenosine tetraphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of diadenosine tetraphosphate, a derivative of the nucleoside adenosine with four phosphate groups attached. [GOC:ai]


diadenosine triphosphate breakdown
diadenosine triphosphate degradation
diadenosine triphosphate catabolism

diadenosine triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of diadenosine triphosphate, a derivative of the nucleoside adenosine with three phosphate groups attached. [GOC:ai]


guanosine degradation
guanosine breakdown
guanosine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine, guanine riboside, a nucleoside with a wide species distribution. [GOC:go_curators]


7-methylguanosine breakdown
7-methylguanosine degradation
7-methylguanosine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of 7-methylguanosine, a modified nucleoside that forms a cap at the 5'-terminus of eukaryotic mRNA. [ISBN:0198506732]


queuosine breakdown
queuosine catabolism
queuosine degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of queuosines, any of a series of nucleosides found in tRNA and having an additional pentenyl ring added via an NH group to the methyl group of 7-methylguanosine. The pentenyl ring may carry other substituents. [ISBN:0198506732]


guanosine pentaphosphate (5'-pppGpp-3') catabolism

guanosine pentaphosphate (5'-pppGpp-3') catabolic process

guanosine pentaphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine pentaphosphate (5'-pppGpp-3'), a derivative of guanine riboside with five phosphates. [GOC:ai]


guanosine tetraphosphate (5'-ppGpp-3') catabolic process

guanosine tetraphosphate (5'-ppGpp-3') catabolism

guanosine tetraphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine tetraphosphate (5'-ppGpp-3'), a derivative of guanine riboside with four phosphates. [GOC:ai]


pyrimidine nucleoside catabolism
pyrimidine nucleoside degradation
pyrimidine nucleoside breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a pyrimidine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:ai]


pyrimidine ribonucleoside catabolism
pyrimidine ribonucleoside degradation
pyrimidine ribonucleoside breakdown

pyrimidine ribonucleoside catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any ribonucleoside, a nucleoside in which a pyrimidine base is linked to a ribose (beta-D-ribofuranose) molecule. [GOC:ai]


cytidine degradation
cytidine breakdown
cytidine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cytidine, cytosine riboside, a widely distributed nucleoside. [GOC:ai]


inosine breakdown
inosine degradation
inosine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of inosine, hypoxanthine riboside, a nucleoside found free but not in combination in nucleic acids except in the anticodons of some tRNAs. [GOC:go_curators]


uridine breakdown
uridine degradation
uridine catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of uridine, uracil riboside, a ribonucleoside very widely distributed but occurring almost entirely as phosphoric esters in ribonucleotides and ribonucleic acids. [GOC:go_curators]


nucleotide breakdown
nucleotide catabolism
nucleotide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nucleotides, any nucleoside that is esterified with (ortho)phosphate or an oligophosphate at any hydroxyl group on the glycose moiety; may be mono-, di- or triphosphate; this definition includes cyclic-nucleotides (nucleoside cyclic phosphates). [GOC:go_curators]


cyclic nucleotide breakdown
cyclic nucleotide catabolism
cyclic nucleotide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a cyclic nucleotide, a nucleotide in which the phosphate group is in diester linkage to two positions on the sugar residue. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


adenosine 3',5'-cyclophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the nucleotide cAMP (cyclic AMP, adenosine 3',5'-cyclophosphate). [ISBN:0198506732]


cGMP catabolism
cGMP breakdown
cGMP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyclic GMP, guanosine 3',5'-phosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyribonucleotide catabolism
deoxyribonucleotide breakdown
deoxyribonucleotide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a deoxyribonucleotide, a compound consisting of deoxyribonucleoside (a base linked to a deoxyribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate degradation

purine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate catabolism

purine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate breakdown

purine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


dADP degradation
dADP breakdown
dADP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dADP, deoxyadenosine diphosphate (2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-diphosphate). [GOC:go_curators]


dGDP breakdown
dGDP catabolism
dGDP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dGDP, deoxyguanosine diphosphate, (2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-diphosphate). [GOC:go_curators]


pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate breakdown

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate degradation

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate catabolism

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine deoxynucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


dCDP breakdown
dCDP catabolism
dCDP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dCDP, deoxycytidine 5'-diphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


dTDP degradation
dTDP breakdown
dTDP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dTDP, deoxyribosylthymine diphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


dUDP catabolism
dUDP breakdown
dUDP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dUDP, deoxyuridine (5'-)diphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate degradation

purine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate catabolism

purine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate breakdown

purine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


dAMP degradation
dAMP breakdown
dAMP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dAMP, deoxyadenosine monophosphate (2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-phosphate). [GOC:go_curators]


dGMP catabolism
dGMP degradation
dGMP breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dGMP, deoxyguanosine monophosphate (2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-phosphate). [GOC:go_curators]


pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate breakdown

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate degradation

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate catabolism

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine deoxynucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


dCMP breakdown
dCMP degradation
dCMP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dCMP, deoxycytidine monophosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


dTMP catabolism
dTMP degradation
dTMP breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dTMP, deoxyribosylthymine monophosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


dUMP breakdown
dUMP degradation
dUMP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dUMP, deoxyuridine (5'-)monophosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate breakdown

purine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate catabolism

purine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate degradation

purine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


dATP breakdown
dATP catabolism
dATP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dATP, deoxyadenosine triphosphate (2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-triphosphate). [GOC:go_curators]


dGTP catabolism
dGTP breakdown
dGTP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dGTP, guanosine triphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate catabolism

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate breakdown

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate degradation

pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


dCTP breakdown
dCTP catabolism
dCTP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dCTP, deoxycytidine triphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


dTTP degradation
dTTP breakdown
dTTP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dTTP, deoxyribosylthymine triphosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


dUTP degradation
dUTP breakdown
dUTP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dUTP, deoxyuridine (5'-)triphosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


purine deoxyribonucleotide catabolism
purine deoxyribonucleotide breakdown
purine deoxyribonucleotide degradation

purine deoxyribonucleotide catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine deoxyribonucleotide, a compound consisting of deoxyribonucleoside (a purine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotide catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


nucleoside diphosphate degradation
nucleoside diphosphate catabolism
nucleoside diphosphate breakdown

nucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a nucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine nucleoside diphosphate catabolism

purine nucleoside diphosphate degradation

purine nucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose or deoxyribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine ribonucleoside diphosphate catabolism

purine ribonucleoside diphosphate degradation

purine ribonucleoside diphosphate breakdown

purine ribonucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine ribonucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


ADP breakdown
ADP degradation
ADP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ADP, adenosine 5'-diphosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


OBSOLETE. (Was not defined before being made obsolete). [GOC:ai]


GDP catabolism
GDP breakdown
GDP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of GDP, guanosine 5'-diphosphate. [GOC:ai]


IDP degradation
IDP catabolism
IDP breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of IDP, inosine 5'-diphosphate. [GOC:ai]


pyrimidine nucleoside diphosphate catabolism

pyrimidine nucleoside diphosphate breakdown

pyrimidine nucleoside diphosphate degradation

pyrimidine nucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine nucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose or deoxyribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine ribonucleoside diphosphate degradation

pyrimidine ribonucleoside diphosphate breakdown

pyrimidine ribonucleoside diphosphate catabolism

pyrimidine ribonucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine ribonucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


CDP catabolism
CDP breakdown
CDP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of CDP, cytidine (5'-)diphosphate. [GOC:ai]


TDP catabolism
TDP degradation
TDP breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of TDP, ribosylthymine diphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


UDP breakdown
UDP degradation
UDP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of UDP, uridine (5'-)diphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


ribonucleoside diphosphate catabolism
ribonucleoside diphosphate breakdown
ribonucleoside diphosphate degradation

ribonucleoside diphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a ribonucleoside diphosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a ribose sugar esterified with diphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


nucleoside monophosphate breakdown
nucleoside monophosphate catabolism
nucleoside monophosphate degradation

nucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a nucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine nucleoside monophosphate breakdown

purine nucleoside monophosphate catabolism

purine nucleoside monophosphate degradation

purine nucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose or deoxyribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine ribonucleoside monophosphate breakdown

purine ribonucleoside monophosphate catabolism

purine ribonucleoside monophosphate degradation

purine ribonucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine ribonucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


AMP degradation
AMP breakdown
AMP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of AMP, adenosine monophosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


GMP catabolism
GMP breakdown
GMP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of GMP, guanosine monophosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


GMP degradation to IMP
GMP breakdown to IMP

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanosine monophosphate into other compounds, including inosine monophosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


IMP degradation
IMP catabolism
IMP breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of IMP, inosine monophosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphate catabolism

pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphate degradation

pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphate breakdown

pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose or deoxyribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine ribonucleoside monophosphate degradation

pyrimidine ribonucleoside monophosphate catabolism

pyrimidine ribonucleoside monophosphate breakdown

pyrimidine ribonucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine ribonucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


CMP degradation
CMP breakdown
CMP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of CMP, cytidine monophosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


TMP degradation
TMP catabolism
TMP breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of TMP, ribosylthymine monophosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


UMP catabolism
UMP breakdown
UMP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of UMP, uridine monophosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


ribonucleoside monophosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a ribonucleoside monophosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a ribose sugar esterified with phosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


nucleoside triphosphate catabolism
nucleoside triphosphate breakdown
nucleoside triphosphate degradation

nucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a nucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine nucleoside triphosphate breakdown

purine nucleoside triphosphate catabolism

purine nucleoside triphosphate degradation

purine nucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose or deoxyribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine ribonucleoside triphosphate catabolism

purine ribonucleoside triphosphate breakdown

purine ribonucleoside triphosphate degradation

purine ribonucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine ribonucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a purine base linked to a ribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


ITP breakdown
ITP hydrolysis
ITP degradation
ITP catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ITP, inosine (5'-)triphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate breakdown

pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate catabolism

pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate degradation

pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose or deoxyribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate breakdown

pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate degradation

pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate catabolism

pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


CTP catabolism
CTP breakdown
CTP degradation
CTP hydrolysis

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of CTP, cytidine 5'-triphosphate. [ISBN:0198506732]


OBSOLETE. (Was not defined before being made obsolete). [GOC:ai]


TTP hydrolysis
TTP catabolism
TTP breakdown
TTP degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of TTP, ribosylthymine triphosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


UTP degradation
UTP breakdown
UTP catabolism
UTP hydrolysis

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of UTP, uridine (5'-)triphosphate. [GOC:go_curators]


ribonucleoside triphosphate breakdown
ribonucleoside triphosphate degradation
ribonucleoside triphosphate catabolism

ribonucleoside triphosphate catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a ribonucleoside triphosphate, a compound consisting of a nucleobase linked to a ribose sugar esterified with triphosphate on the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine nucleotide degradation
purine nucleotide breakdown
purine nucleotide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a purine nucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a purine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


purine ribonucleotide degradation
purine ribonucleotide breakdown
purine ribonucleotide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a purine ribonucleotide, a compound consisting of ribonucleoside (a purine base linked to a ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine nucleotide degradation
pyrimidine nucleotide breakdown
pyrimidine nucleotide catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pyrimidine nucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


pyrimidine ribonucleotide breakdown
pyrimidine ribonucleotide catabolism
pyrimidine ribonucleotide degradation

pyrimidine ribonucleotide catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pyrimidine ribonucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a pyrimidine base linked to a ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


ribonucleotide degradation
ribonucleotide catabolism
ribonucleotide breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a ribonucleotide, a compound consisting of ribonucleoside (a base linked to a ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]


nucleotide-sugar degradation
nucleotide-sugar catabolism
nucleotide-sugar breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nucleotide-sugars, any nucleotide-carbohydrate in which the distal phosphoric residue of a nucleoside 5'-diphosphate is in glycosidic linkage with a monosaccharide or monosaccharide derivative. [ISBN:0198506732]


cyanate breakdown
cyanate degradation
cyanate catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyanate, NCO-, the anion of cyanic acid. [ISBN:0198506732]


cyanide breakdown
cyanide catabolism
cyanide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyanide, NC-, the anion of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanide is a potent inhibitor of respiration. [ISBN:0198506732]


formate catabolism
formate degradation
formic acid catabolic process
formic acid catabolism
formate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of formate, also known as methanoate, the anion HCOO- derived from methanoic (formic) acid. [ISBN:0198506732]


methane catabolism
methane breakdown
methane degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of methane, a colorless, odorless, flammable gas with the formula CH4. It is the simplest of the alkanes. [GOC:ai]


organic acid catabolism
organic acid breakdown
organic acid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic acids, any acidic compound containing carbon in covalent linkage. [ISBN:0198506732]


carboxylic acid breakdown
carboxylic acid catabolism
carboxylic acid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups. [ISBN:0198506732]


polyketide catabolism
polyketide breakdown
polyketide degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of polyketides, any of a diverse group of natural products synthesized via linear poly-beta-ketones, which are themselves formed by repetitive head-to-tail addition of acetyl (or substituted acetyl) units indirectly derived from acetate (or a substituted acetate) by a mechanism similar to that for fatty acid biosynthesis but without the intermediate reductive steps. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]


acetyl-CoA degradation
acetyl-CoA breakdown
acetyl-CoA catabolism

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetyl-CoA, a derivative of coenzyme A in which the sulfhydryl group is acetylated. [GOC:ai]


regulation of acetate catabolism
regulation of acetate degradation
regulation of acetate breakdown

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetate, the anion of acetic acid. [GOC:go_curators]


down regulation of acetate catabolic process

down-regulation of acetate catabolic process

negative regulation of acetate degradation

negative regulation of acetate breakdown

negative regulation of acetate catabolism

downregulation of acetate catabolic process

negative regulation of acetate catabolic process

Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetate. [GOC:go_curators]


positive regulation of acetate catabolism

positive regulation of acetate breakdown

up-regulation of acetate catabolic process

upregulation of acetate catabolic process

positive regulation of acetate degradation

up regulation of acetate catabolic process

positive regulation of acetate catabolic process

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetate. [GOC:go_curators]


aldaric acid breakdown
aldaric acid catabolism
aldaric acid degradation

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aldaric acid, any dicarboxylic acid formed by oxidation of by the terminal groups of an aldose to carboxyl group. [ISBN:0198506732]


galactarate catabolism
galactarate degradation
galactarate breakdown

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactarate, the anion of galactaric acid. [GOC:ai, GOC:pr]


D-galactarate breakdown
D-galactarate degradation
D-galactarate catabolic process