Go terms map to parent GO term: GO:0009056   catabolic process
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GO:0006096 glycolysis The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a monosaccharide (generally glucose) into pyruvate, with the concomitant production of a small amount of ATP. Glycolysis begins with phosphorylation of a monosaccharide (generally glucose) on the sixth carbon by a hexokinase, and ends with the production of pyruvate. Pyruvate may be converted to ethanol, lactate, or other small molecules, or fed into the TCA cycle. 786
GO:0006200 ATP catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ATP, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, a universally important coenzyme and enzyme regulator. 552
GO:0009407 toxin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of toxin, a poisonous compound (typically a protein) that is produced by cells or organisms and that can cause disease when introduced into the body or tissues of an organism. 484
GO:0006635 fatty acid beta-oxidation A fatty acid oxidation process that results in the complete oxidation of a long-chain fatty acid. Fatty acid beta-oxidation begins with the addition of coenzyme A to a fatty acid, and occurs by successive cycles of reactions during each of which the fatty acid is shortened by a two-carbon fragment removed as acetyl coenzyme A; the cycle continues until only two or three carbons remain (as acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA respectively). 465
GO:0006098 pentose-phosphate shunt The process in which glucose is oxidized, coupled to NADPH synthesis. Glucose 6-P is oxidized with the formation of carbon dioxide (CO2), ribulose 5-phosphate and reduced NADP; ribulose 5-P then enters a series of reactions interconverting sugar phosphates. The pentose phosphate pathway is a major source of reducing equivalents for biosynthesis reactions and is also important for the conversion of hexoses to pentoses. 394
GO:0000184 nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, 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. 388
GO:0006511 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. 383
GO:0006007 glucose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucose, the aldohexose gluco-hexose. 325
GO:0006184 GTP catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of GTP, guanosine triphosphate. 308
GO:0042744 hydrogen peroxide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). 264
GO:0043161 proteasomal 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 ubiquitin, and mediated by the proteasome. 262
GO:0010498 proteasomal protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein or peptide by hydrolysis of its peptide bonds that is mediated by the proteasome. 250
GO:0031145 anaphase-promoting complex-dependent proteasomal 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 ubiquitin, with ubiquitin-protein ligation catalyzed by the anaphase-promoting complex, and mediated by the proteasome. 213
GO:0042787 protein ubiquitination involved in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process The process in which a ubiquitin group, or multiple groups, are covalently attached to the target protein, thereby initiating the degradation of that protein. 207
GO:0000956 nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nuclear-transcribed mRNAs in eukaryotic cells. 197
GO:0019243 methylglyoxal catabolic process to D-lactate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of methylglyoxal, CH3-CO-CHO, into D-lactate via the intermediate S-lactoyl-glutathione. Glutathione is used in the first step of the pathway and then regenerated in the second step. 173
GO:0006569 tryptophan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid. 167
GO:0006598 polyamine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of polyamines, any organic compound containing two or more amino groups. 164
GO:0006546 glycine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycine, aminoethanoic acid. 144
GO:0045487 gibberellin 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. 144
GO:0015996 chlorophyll catabolic process 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. 138
GO:0042178 xenobiotic catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a xenobiotic compound, a compound foreign to living organisms. Used of chemical compounds, e.g. a xenobiotic chemical, such as a pesticide. 134
GO:0030433 ER-associated protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proteins transported from the endoplasmic reticulum and targeted to cytoplasmic proteasomes for degradation. This process acts on misfolded proteins as well as in the regulated degradation of correctly folded proteins. 128
GO:0010304 PSII associated light-harvesting complex II catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of one or more components of the light-harvesting complex of photosystem II. 106
GO:0044248 cellular catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, carried out by individual cells. 102
GO:0008054 cyclin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyclins, proteins whose levels in a cell varies markedly during the cell cycle, and which play key roles in regulating cell cycle phase transitions. 98
GO:0016236 macroautophagy The major inducible pathway for the general turnover of cytoplasmic constituents in eukaryotic cells, it is also responsible for the degradation of active cytoplasmic enzymes and organelles during nutrient starvation. Macroautophagy involves the formation of double-membrane-bounded autophagosomes which enclose the cytoplasmic constituent targeted for degradation in a membrane-bounded structure, which then fuse with the lysosome (or vacuole) releasing a single-membrane-bounded autophagic bodies which are then degraded within the lysosome (or vacuole). Though once thought to be a purely non-selective process, it appears that some types of macroautophagy, e.g. macropexophagy, macromitophagy, may involve selective targeting of the targets to be degraded. 97
GO:0006914 autophagy The process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm; allows for both recycling of macromolecular constituents under conditions of cellular stress and remodeling the intracellular structure for cell differentiation. 95
GO:0030163 protein catabolic process 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. 82
GO:0042738 exogenous drug catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a drug that has originated externally to the cell or organism. 81
GO:0006068 ethanol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation. 79
GO:1901575 organic substance catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an organic substance, any molecular entity containing carbon. 78
GO:0045339 farnesyl diphosphate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of farnesyl diphosphate. 73
GO:0009062 fatty acid catabolic process 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. 71
GO:0045490 pectin catabolic process 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. 70
GO:0000729 DNA double-strand break processing The 5' to 3' exonucleolytic resection of the DNA at the site of the break to form a 3' single-strand DNA overhang. 70
GO:0051603 proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process The hydrolysis of a peptide bond or bonds within a protein as part of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by individual cells. 69
GO:0019433 triglyceride catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a triglyceride, any triester of glycerol. 66
GO:0016139 glycoside catabolic process 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. 64
GO:0071630 nucleus-associated proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of misfolded proteins via a mechanism in which the proteins are transported to the nucleus for ubiquitination, and then targeted to proteasomes for degradation. 64
GO:0009051 pentose-phosphate shunt, oxidative branch The branch of the pentose-phosphate shunt which involves the oxidation of glucose 6-P and produces ribulose 5-P, reduced NADP+ and carbon dioxide (CO2). 64
GO:0019477 L-lysine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-lysine, the L-enantiomer of (S)-2,6-diaminohexanoic acid. 55
GO:0046855 inositol phosphate dephosphorylation The process of removing a phosphate group from any mono- or polyphosphorylated inositol. 53
GO:0042344 indole glucosinolate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of indole glucosinolates, sulfur-containing compounds that have a common structure linked to an R group derived from tryptophan. 52
GO:0019301 rhamnose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of rhamnose, the hexose 6-deoxy-L-mannose. 51
GO:0005983 starch catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of starch, the most important reserve polysaccharide in plants. 50
GO:0009083 branched-chain amino acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids containing a branched carbon skeleton, comprising isoleucine, leucine and valine. 48
GO:0006402 mRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of mRNA, messenger RNA, which is responsible for carrying the coded genetic 'message', transcribed from DNA, to sites of protein assembly at the ribosomes. 47
GO:0046196 4-nitrophenol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of 4-nitrophenol, a nitroaromatic compound which is used in the production of dyes, leather treatment agents, fungicides and as an intermediate in the production of the insecticide parathion. 47
GO:0006706 steroid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus. 47
GO:0009450 gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 4-aminobutyrate), an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in some organisms. 47
GO:0006309 apoptotic DNA fragmentation The cleavage of DNA during apoptosis, which usually occurs in two stages: cleavage into fragments of about 50 kbp followed by cleavage between nucleosomes to yield 200 bp fragments. 47
GO:0000289 nuclear-transcribed mRNA poly(A) tail shortening Shortening of the poly(A) tail of a nuclear-transcribed mRNA from full length to an oligo(A) length. 46
GO:0010499 proteasomal ubiquitin-independent protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein or peptide by hydrolysis of its peptide bonds that is mediated by the proteasome but do not involve ubiquitin. 46
GO:0042867 pyruvate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyruvate, 2-oxopropanoate. 46
GO:0030245 cellulose catabolic process 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. 46
GO:0005980 glycogen catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues. 46
GO:0009310 amine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any organic compound that is weakly basic in character and contains an amino or a substituted amino group. Amines are called primary, secondary, or tertiary according to whether one, two, or three carbon atoms are attached to the nitrogen atom. 46
GO:0043162 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein or peptide covalently tagged with ubiquitin, via the multivesicular body (MVB) sorting pathway; ubiquitin-tagged proteins are sorted into MVBs, and delivered to a lysosome/vacuole for degradation. 45
GO:0019570 L-arabinose catabolic process to 2-oxoglutarate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-arabinose into other compounds, including 2-oxoglutarate. 45
GO:0006527 arginine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of arginine, 2-amino-5-(carbamimidamido)pentanoic acid. 44
GO:0000272 polysaccharide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. 43
GO:0046395 carboxylic acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups. 43
GO:0000045 autophagic vacuole assembly The formation of a double membrane-bounded structure, the autophagosome, that occurs when a specialized membrane sac, called the isolation membrane, starts to enclose a portion of the cytoplasm. 42
GO:0046294 formaldehyde catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of formaldehyde (methanal, H2C=O), the simplest aldehyde. 42
GO:0006559 L-phenylalanine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phenylalanine, 2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid. 42
GO:0009395 phospholipid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phospholipids, any lipid containing phosphoric acid as a mono- or diester. 41
GO:0006707 cholesterol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. 41
GO:0005990 lactose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lactose, the disaccharide galactopyranosyl-glucose. 40
GO:0016998 cell wall macromolecule catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of macromolecules that form part of a cell wall. 40
GO:0019608 nicotine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nicotine, (S)(-)-3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine. 39
GO:0006574 valine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of valine, 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid. 39
GO:0010815 bradykinin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the peptide bradykinin. 39
GO:0000947 amino acid catabolic process to alcohol via Ehrlich pathway The chemical reactions and pathways involving the catabolism of amino acids to produce alcohols with one carbon less than the starting amino acid. In S. cerevisiae, this is known to occur for leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, or tryptophan. Often referred to as the Ehrlich pathway, these reactions generally occur during fermentation to produce a variety of alcohols, often collectively referred to as fusel alcohols. Depending on the redox state of the cells, carboxylic acid derivatives may be produced instead of alcohols. 38
GO:0034653 retinoic acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of retinoic acid, one of the three components that makes up vitamin A. 38
GO:0019464 glycine decarboxylation via glycine cleavage system The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycine by oxidative cleavage to carbon dioxide, ammonia, and a methylene group, mediated by enzymes of the glycine cleavage complex. 37
GO:0044265 cellular macromolecule catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any large molecule including proteins, nucleic acids and carbohydrates, as carried out by individual cells. 35
GO:0046345 abscisic acid catabolic process 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. 35
GO:0005987 sucrose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sucrose, the disaccharide fructofuranosyl-glucopyranoside. 35
GO:0043928 exonucleolytic nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process involved in deadenylation-dependent decay 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 3'-poly(A) tail. 33
GO:0046185 aldehyde catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aldehydes, any organic compound with the formula R-CH=O. 33
GO:0006713 glucocorticoid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucocorticoids, hormonal C21 corticosteroids synthesized from cholesterol. 32
GO:0034727 piecemeal microautophagy of nucleus Degradation of a cell nucleus by microautophagy. 32
GO:0006515 misfolded or incompletely synthesized protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of misfolded or attenuated proteins. 32
GO:0031146 SCF-dependent proteasomal 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 ubiquitin, with ubiquitin-protein ligation catalyzed by an SCF (Skp1/Cul1/F-box protein) complex, and mediated by the proteasome. 32
GO:0006565 L-serine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-serine, the L-enantiomer of serine, i.e. (2S)-2-amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid. 32
GO:0000718 nucleotide-excision repair, DNA damage removal The removal of the oligonucleotide that contains the DNA damage. The oligonucleotide is formed by dual incisions that flank the site of DNA damage. 32
GO:0045493 xylan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xylan, a polymer containing a beta-1,4-linked D-xylose backbone. 31
GO:0046274 lignin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lignins, a class of polymers of phenylpropanoid units. 31
GO:0046477 glycosylceramide catabolic process 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. 31
GO:0009822 alkaloid catabolic process 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). 31
GO:0009063 cellular amino acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids, organic acids containing one or more amino substituents. 29
GO:0010813 neuropeptide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of neuropeptides. Neuropeptides are signaling peptides that travel across a synaptic junction. 29
GO:0006572 tyrosine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tyrosine, an aromatic amino acid, 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid. 28
GO:0016042 lipid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. 28
GO:0042820 vitamin B6 catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any of the vitamin B6 compounds; pyridoxal, pyridoxamine and pyridoxine and the active form, pyridoxal phosphate. 27
GO:0071596 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the N-end rule pathway The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein or peptide covalently tagged with ubiquitin, via the N-end rule pathway. In the N-end rule pathway, destabilizing N-terminal residues (N-degrons) in substrates are recognized by E3 ligases (N-recognins), whereupon the substrates are linked to ubiquitin and then delivered to the proteasome for degradation. 27
GO:0034484 raffinose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of raffinose, the trisaccharide beta-D-fructofuranosyl alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-(1->6)-alpha-D-glucopyranoside. 26
GO:1901606 alpha-amino acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an alpha-amino acid. 26
GO:0033540 fatty acid beta-oxidation using acyl-CoA oxidase A fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway in which the initial step, which converts an acyl-CoA to a trans-2-enoyl-CoA, is catalyzed by acyl-CoA oxidase; the electrons removed by oxidation pass directly to oxygen and produce hydrogen peroxide, which is cleaved by peroxisomal catalases. Fatty acid beta-oxidation begins with the addition of coenzyme A to a fatty acid, and ends when only two or three carbons remain (as acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA respectively). 24
GO:0010620 negative regulation of transcription by transcription factor catabolism Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of DNA-dependent transcription using a mechanism that involves the catabolism of a sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor by hydrolysis of its peptide bonds, initiated by the covalent attachment of ubiquitin, and mediated by the proteasome. 23
GO:0042843 D-xylose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-xylose, a naturally occurring plant polysaccharide. 23
GO:0006567 threonine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of threonine (2-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid), a polar, uncharged, essential amino acid found in peptide linkage in proteins. 23
GO:0006552 leucine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of leucine, 2-amino-4-methylpentanoic acid. 23
GO:0051187 cofactor catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a cofactor, a substance that is required for the activity of an enzyme or other protein. 23
GO:1901361 organic cyclic compound catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic cyclic compound. 23
GO:0019500 cyanide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyanide, NC-, the anion of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanide is a potent inhibitor of respiration. 22
GO:0001561 fatty acid alpha-oxidation A metabolic pathway by which 3-methyl branched fatty acids are degraded. These compounds are not degraded by the normal peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway, because the 3-methyl blocks the dehydrogenation of the hydroxyl group by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. The 3-methyl branched fatty acid is converted in several steps to pristenic acid, which can then feed into the beta-oxidative pathway. 22
GO:0019568 arabinose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of arabinose, arabino-pentose. 22
GO:0006032 chitin 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. 22
GO:0042737 drug catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a drug, a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a disease. 22
GO:0006210 thymine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of thymine, 5-methyluracil, one of the two major pyrimidine bases present (as thymidine) in DNA but not found in RNA other than (as ribothymidine) in transfer RNA, where it is a minor base. 22
GO:0019388 galactose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactose, the aldohexose galacto-hexose. 21
GO:0070481 nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, non-stop decay The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the transcript body of a nuclear-transcribed mRNA that is lacking a stop codon. 21
GO:0019439 aromatic compound catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aromatic compounds, any substance containing an aromatic carbon ring. 20
GO:0033539 fatty acid beta-oxidation using acyl-CoA dehydrogenase A fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway in which the initial step of each oxidation cycle, which converts an acyl-CoA to a trans-2-enoyl-CoA, is catalyzed by acyl-CoA dehydrogenase; the electrons removed by oxidation pass through the respiratory chain to oxygen and leave H2O as the product. Fatty acid beta-oxidation begins with the addition of coenzyme A to a fatty acid, and ends when only two or three carbons remain (as acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA respectively). 20
GO:0031222 arabinan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of arabinan, a branched homopolymer of L-arabinose. 20
GO:0044242 cellular lipid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lipids, as carried out by individual cells. 19
GO:0034655 nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids. 19
GO:0009052 pentose-phosphate shunt, non-oxidative branch The branch of the pentose-phosphate shunt which does not involve oxidation reactions. It comprises a series of sugar phosphate interconversions, starting with ribulose 5-P and producing fructose 6-P and glyceraldehyde 3-P. 18
GO:0006401 RNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of RNA, ribonucleic acid, one of the two main type of nucleic acid, consisting of a long, unbranched macromolecule formed from ribonucleotides joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage. 18
GO:1901565 organonitrogen compound catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organonitrogen compound. 18
GO:0043171 peptide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptides, compounds of 2 or more (but usually less than 100) amino acids where the alpha carboxyl group of one is bound to the alpha amino group of another. 18
GO:0019563 glycerol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids. 17
GO:0016488 farnesol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the sesquiterpenoid alcohol farnesol, 3,7,11-trimethyl-2,6,10,dodecatrien-1-ol. 17
GO:1901871 ecgonone methyl ester catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ecgonone methyl ester. 17
GO:1901868 ecgonine methyl ester catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ecgonine methyl ester. 17
GO:0043694 monoterpene catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monoterpenes, terpenes with a C10 structure. 17
GO:0071044 histone mRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of histone messenger RNA (mRNA). 16
GO:0016237 microautophagy The transfer of cytosolic components into the lysosomal compartment by direct invagination of the lysosomal membrane without prior sequestration into an autophagosome. The engulfing membranes fuse, resulting in the lysosomal delivery of the cargo wrapped in a single membrane derived from the invaginated lysosomal membrane. In S. cerevisiae, the vacuole is the lysosomal compartment. 16
GO:0034638 phosphatidylcholine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phosphatidylcholines, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which the phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of choline. 16
GO:0043602 nitrate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nitrates, inorganic or organic salts and esters of nitric acid. 16
GO:0072329 monocarboxylic acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monocarboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one carboxyl (-COOH) group. 16
GO:0044275 cellular carbohydrate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y, as carried out by individual cells. 16
GO:0071712 ER-associated misfolded protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of misfolded proteins transported from the endoplasmic reticulum and targeted to cytoplasmic proteasomes for degradation. 16
GO:0005998 xylulose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xylulose, the ketopentose threo-2-pentulose. 16
GO:0033499 galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactose, via the intermediate UDP-galactose. 16
GO:0042355 L-fucose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-fucose (6-deoxy-Lgalactose). 15
GO:0071038 nuclear polyadenylation-dependent tRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways occurring in the nucleus and resulting in the breakdown of an aberrant or incorrectly modified transfer RNA (tRNA) molecule, initiated by the enzymatic addition of a sequence of adenylyl residues (polyadenylation) at the 3' end the target tRNA. 15
GO:0036101 leukotriene B4 catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of leukotriene B4, a leukotriene composed of (6Z,8E,10E,14Z)-eicosatetraenoic acid having (5S)- and (12R)-hydroxy substituents. 15
GO:0006538 glutamate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamate, the anion of 2-aminopentanedioic acid. 15
GO:0033611 oxalate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of oxalate, the organic acid ethanedioate. 15
GO:0042840 D-glucuronate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-glucuronate, the D-enantiomer of glucuronate. 15
GO:0071035 nuclear polyadenylation-dependent rRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways occurring in the nucleus and resulting in the breakdown of a ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecule, including RNA fragments released as part of processing the primary transcript into multiple mature rRNA species, initiated by the enzymatic addition of a sequence of adenylyl residues (polyadenylation) at the 3' end the target rRNA. 14
GO:0034517 ribophagy The process in which cells degrade mature ribosomes under conditions of starvation. 14
GO:0019484 beta-alanine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins. 14
GO:0010136 ureide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ureide, which is the organic form of nitrogen in nitrogen fixing and transporting plants with the release of ammonium. 14
GO:0071042 nuclear polyadenylation-dependent mRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways occurring in the nucleus and resulting in the breakdown of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule, initiated by the enzymatic addition of a sequence of adenylyl residues (polyadenylation) at the 3' end the target mRNA. 14
GO:0043458 ethanol biosynthetic process involved in glucose fermentation to ethanol The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, as part of the process of glucose catabolism to ethanol, CO2 and ATP. 14
GO:0071629 cytoplasm-associated proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of misfolded proteins in the cytoplasm, which are targeted to cytoplasmic proteasomes for degradation. 14
GO:0009442 allantoin assimilation pathway The pathways by which allantoin is processed and converted to ureidoglycolate, and then into metabolically useful substrates. E. coli are able to utilize allantoin as a sole nitrogen source under anaerobic conditions by converting it to ureidoglycolate; this may be further metabolized to produce glyoxylate and thence 3-phosphoglycerate, or alternatively oxidized to oxolureate, which can converted into oxamate and carbamoylphosphate. This may then be further metabolized to CO2, NH4+ and ATP. 14
GO:0046359 butyrate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of butyrate, the anion of butyric acid. 14
GO:0072671 mitochondria-associated protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proteins transported from mitochondria and targeted to cytoplasmic proteasomes for degradation as a response to oxidative stress conditions. 14
GO:0007174 epidermal growth factor catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of epidermal growth factor (EGF), following internalization of the receptor-bound ligand into the signal-receiving cell. Full breakdown of epidermal growth factor results in a ligand that is unable to bind and activate its receptor. 14
GO:0046356 acetyl-CoA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetyl-CoA, a derivative of coenzyme A in which the sulfhydryl group is acetylated. 14
GO:0010587 miRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of miRNA, microRNA, a class of single-stranded RNA molecules of about 21-23 nucleotides in length, which regulates gene expression. 13
GO:0031087 deadenylation-independent decapping of nuclear-transcribed mRNA Cleavage of the 5'-cap of a nuclear-transcribed mRNA that is independent of poly(A) tail shortening. 13
GO:0070651 nonfunctional rRNA decay An rRNA catabolic process that results in the targeted detection and degradation of aberrant rRNAs contained within translationally defective ribosomes, thereby acting as a quality-control system. 13
GO:0042838 D-glucarate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-glucarate, the D-enantiomer of glucarate. 13
GO:0019564 aerobic glycerol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, in the presence of oxygen. 13
GO:0000706 meiotic DNA double-strand break processing The cell cycle process in which the 5' to 3' exonucleolytic resection of the DNA at the site of the break to form a 3' single-strand DNA overhang occurs. This takes place during meiosis. 13
GO:0070478 nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, 3'-5' exonucleolytic nonsense-mediated decay The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the nuclear-transcribed mRNA transcript body of an mRNA in which an amino-acid codon has changed to a nonsense codon; occurs when the 3' end is not protected by a 3'-poly(A) tail; degradation proceeds in the 3' to 5' direction. 12
GO:0043137 DNA replication, removal of RNA primer Removal of the Okazaki RNA primer from the lagging strand of replicating DNA, by a combination of the actions of DNA polymerase, DNA helicase and an endonuclease. 12
GO:0000422 mitochondrion degradation The autophagic process in which mitochondria are delivered to the vacuole and degraded in response to changing cellular conditions. 12
GO:0046164 alcohol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a saturated carbon atom. 12
GO:1902000 homogentisate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of homogentisate. 12
GO:0006540 glutamate decarboxylation to succinate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of succinate from glutamate. Also known as GABA (gamma-aminobutyrate) shunt since it channels glutamate into the TCA cycle bypassing two steps of that cycle. There are three enzymes involved in the GABA shunt: glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), GABA aminotransferase (GABA-TA), and succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH). These three enzymes acting in concert to convert glutamate into succinate. The GABA shunt is predominantly associated with neurotransmission in the mammalian brain. It is also present in nonneuronal cells, in plants, in unicellular eukaryotes, and in prokaryotes. 12
GO:0019310 inositol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of inositol, 1,2,3,4,5,6-cyclohexanehexol, a growth factor for animals and microorganisms. 12
GO:0016121 carotene catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenes, hydrocarbon carotenoids. 12
GO:0046296 glycolate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycolate, the anion of hydroxyethanoic acid (glycolic acid). 12
GO:0044282 small molecule catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of small molecules, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule. 12
GO:0071854 cell wall macromolecule catabolic process involved in fungal-type cell wall disassembly The chemical reactions and pathways that result in the breakdown of macromolecules that form part of a cell wall, and contributes to the breakdown of the fungal-type cell wall. 11
GO:0030573 bile acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of bile acids, any of a group of steroid carboxylic acids occurring in bile. 11
GO:0016124 xanthophyll catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthophylls, oxygen-containing carotenoids. 11
GO:0009436 glyoxylate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glyoxylate, the anion of glyoxylic acid, HOC-COOH. 11
GO:0019550 glutamate catabolic process to aspartate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamate into other compounds, including aspartate. 11
GO:0051793 medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any fatty acid with a chain length of between C6 and C12. 11
GO:0033310 chlorophyll a catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways leading to the breakdown of chlorophyll a. 11
GO:0006308 DNA catabolic process 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. 11
GO:0006533 aspartate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aspartate, the anion derived from aspartic acid, 2-aminobutanedioic acid. 11
GO:0000290 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. 11
GO:0019551 glutamate catabolic process to 2-oxoglutarate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamate into other compounds, including 2-oxoglutarate. 11
GO:1901886 2-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of 2-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA. 10
GO:0046187 acetaldehyde catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetaldehyde, a colorless, flammable liquid intermediate in the metabolism of alcohol. 10
GO:0019470 4-hydroxyproline catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of 4-hydroxyproline, C5H9NO3, a derivative of the amino acid proline. 10
GO:0045733 acetate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetate, the anion of acetic acid. 10
GO:0042758 long-chain fatty acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of long-chain fatty acids, a fatty acid with a chain length between C13 and C22. 10
GO:0046168 glycerol-3-phosphate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol-3-phosphate, a phosphoric monoester of glycerol. 10
GO:0042135 neurotransmitter catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. 10
GO:0006554 lysine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lysine, 2,6-diaminohexanoic acid. 9
GO:0046952 ketone body catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ketone bodies, any one of the three substances: acetoacetate, D-3-hydroxybutyrate (beta-hydroxybutyrate) or acetone. Ketone bodies can be used as an energy source as an alternative to glucose. Utilization of ketone bodies in peripheral tissues involves conversion of acetoacetate to acetoacetyl-CoA, which is then converted to two molecules of acetyl-CoA. 9
GO:0009251 glucan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. 9
GO:0032801 receptor catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a receptor molecule, a macromolecule that undergoes combination with a hormone, neurotransmitter, drug or intracellular messenger to initiate a change in cell function. 9
GO:0019544 arginine catabolic process to glutamate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of arginine into other compounds, including glutamate. 9
GO:0006062 sorbitol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group. 9
GO:0051160 L-xylitol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-xylitol, a five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from xylose by reduction of the carbonyl group. 9
GO:0046365 monosaccharide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monosaccharides, polyhydric alcohols containing either an aldehyde or a keto group and between three to ten or more carbon atoms. 9
GO:0006148 inosine catabolic process 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. 9
GO:0046466 membrane lipid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of membrane lipids, any lipid found in or associated with a biological membrane. 9
GO:0046355 mannan catabolic process 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. 9
GO:0046232 carbazole catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbazole, a heterocyclic aromatic compound containing a dibenzopyrrole system that is produced during coal gasification and is present in cigarette smoke. Coal tar produced at high temperature contains an average of 1.5% carbazole. It is used widely in synthesis of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and plastics and is a suspected carcinogen. 9
GO:0002084 protein depalmitoylation The removal of palymitoyl groups from a lipoprotein. 8
GO:0003400 regulation of COPII vesicle coating Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of the addition of COPII proteins and adaptor proteins to ER membranes during the formation of transport vesicles, forming a vesicle coat. 8
GO:0006001 fructose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of fructose, the ketohexose arabino-2-hexulose. 8
GO:0006751 glutathione catabolic process 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. 8
GO:0006212 uracil catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of uracil, 2,4-dioxopyrimidine, one of the pyrimidine bases occurring in RNA, but not in DNA. 8
GO:0043419 urea catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of urea, the water soluble compound O=C-(NH2)2. 7
GO:0071028 nuclear mRNA surveillance The set of processes involved in identifying and degrading defective or aberrant mRNAs within the nucleus. 7
GO:0016127 sterol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. 7
GO:0046514 ceramide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ceramides, any N-acetylated sphingoid. 7
GO:0000098 sulfur amino acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids containing sulfur, comprising cysteine, methionine and selenocysteine. 7
GO:0046340 diacylglycerol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of diacylglycerol, a glycerol molecule substituted on the 1 and 2 hydroxyl groups with long chain fatty acyl residues. 7
GO:0015967 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. 7
GO:0051682 galactomannan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactomannan, a polysaccharide composed of D-galactosyl and D-mannosyl. The mannosyl units form the backbone structure (a linear main chain) with the D-galactosyl as single side units. 7
GO:0043328 protein targeting to vacuole involved in ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway The process of directing proteins towards the vacuole using signals contained within the protein, occurring that contributes to protein catabolism via the multivesicular body (MVB) pathway. 7
GO:0019266 asparagine biosynthetic process from oxaloacetate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of asparagine from other compounds, including oxaloacetate. 7
GO:0052651 monoacylglycerol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monoacylglycerol, any ester of glycerol in which any one of its hydroxyl groups has been acylated with a fatty acid, the other being non-esterified. 7
GO:0046210 nitric oxide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nitric oxide, nitrogen monoxide (NO), a colorless gas only slightly soluble in water. 6
GO:0006154 adenosine catabolic process 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. 6
GO:0000256 allantoin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of allantoin, (2,5-dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl)urea. 6
GO:0006218 uridine catabolic process 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. 6
GO:0019762 glucosinolate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucosinolates, substituted thioglucosides found in rapeseed products and related cruciferae. 6
GO:0042183 formate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of formate, also known as methanoate, the anion HCOO- derived from methanoic (formic) acid. 6
GO:0050843 S-adenosylmethionine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of S-adenosylmethionine, S-(5'-adenosyl)-L-methionine, an important intermediate in one-carbon metabolism. 6
GO:0071039 nuclear polyadenylation-dependent CUT catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways occurring in the nucleus and resulting in the breakdown of a cryptic unstable transcript (CUT), initiated by the enzymatic addition of a sequence of adenylyl residues (polyadenylation) at the 3' end the target CUT. 6
GO:0009823 cytokinin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cytokinins, a class of adenine-derived compounds that can function in plants as plant growth regulators. 6
GO:0006516 glycoprotein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycoproteins, any 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. 6
GO:0000738 DNA catabolic process, 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. 6
GO:0046503 glycerolipid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerolipids, any lipid with a glycerol backbone. 5
GO:0044270 cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds. 5
GO:0009115 xanthine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids. 5
GO:0042413 carnitine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane. 5
GO:0046700 heterocycle catabolic process 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). 5
GO:1901143 insulin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of insulin. 5
GO:0033542 fatty acid beta-oxidation, unsaturated, even number A fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway by which fatty acids having cis-double bonds on even-numbered carbons are degraded. Fatty acid beta-oxidation begins with the addition of coenzyme A to a fatty acid, and ends when only two or three carbons remain (as acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA respectively). 5
GO:0090410 malonate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of malonate, the propanedioate ion. 5
GO:0010133 proline catabolic process to glutamate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proline into other compounds, including glutamate. 5
GO:0042447 hormone catabolic process 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. 5
GO:0009440 cyanate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyanate, NCO-, the anion of cyanic acid. 5
GO:0000025 maltose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the disaccharide maltose (4-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose). 5
GO:0042376 phylloquinone catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phylloquinone, vitamin K1, a quinone-derived compound synthesized by green plants. 5
GO:0006195 purine nucleotide catabolic process 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. 5
GO:0051157 arabitol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of arabitol, the pentitol derived from arabinose or lyxose by reduction of the aldehyde group. 5
GO:0046226 coumarin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of coumarins, compounds derived from the phenylacrylic skeleton of cinnamic acids. 5
GO:0009087 methionine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of methionine (2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid), a sulfur-containing, essential amino acid found in peptide linkage in proteins. 5
GO:2001294 malonyl-CoA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of malonyl-CoA, the S-malonyl derivative of coenzyme A. 5
GO:0019447 D-cysteine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-cysteine, (S)-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, which occurs naturally in firefly luciferin. 4
GO:0019655 glucose catabolic process to ethanol The anaerobic chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucose; it is converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide (CO2), producing two molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose. 4
GO:0035863 dITP catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dITP, a deoxyinosine phosphate compound having a triphosphate group at the 5'-position. 4
GO:0006550 isoleucine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of isoleucine, (2R*,3R*)-2-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid. 4
GO:0009972 cytidine deamination The removal of amino group in the presence of water. 4
GO:0006689 ganglioside catabolic process 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. 4
GO:0000291 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. 4
GO:0033345 asparagine catabolic process via L-aspartate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamate, via the intermediate L-aspartate. 4
GO:0005993 trehalose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of trehalose, a disaccharide isomeric with sucrose and obtained from certain lichens and fungi. 4
GO:0000949 aromatic amino acid family catabolic process to alcohol via Ehrlich pathway The chemical reactions and pathways involving the catabolism of aromatic amino acids to produce aromatic alcohols with one carbon less than the starting amino acid. In S. cerevisiae, this is known to occur for leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, or tryptophan. When an aromatic family amino acid, phenylalanine, tyrosine, or tryptophan, is used as the substrate, 2-phenylethanol, 4-hydroxyphenylethanol, or tryptophol, respectively, is produced. Often referred to as the Ehrlich pathway, these reactions generally occur during fermentation to produce a variety of alcohols, often collectively referred to as fusel alcohols. Depending on the redox state of the cells, carboxylic acid derivatives may be produced instead of alcohols. 4
GO:0046081 dUTP catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dUTP, deoxyuridine (5'-)triphosphate. 4
GO:0016115 terpenoid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of terpenoids, any member of a class of compounds characterized by an isoprenoid chemical structure. 4
GO:0051596 methylglyoxal catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of methylglyoxal, CH3-CO-CHO, the aldehyde of pyruvic acid. 4
GO:0016118 carotenoid catabolic process 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. 4
GO:0046244 salicylic acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of salicylic acid (2-hydroxybenzoic acid), a derivative of benzoic acid. 4
GO:0019450 L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-cysteine into other compounds, including pyruvate. 3
GO:0006049 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a substance composed of N-acetylglucosamine, a common structural unit of oligosaccharides, in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate. 3
GO:0019341 dibenzo-p-dioxin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dibenzo-p-dioxin, a substance composed of two benzene rings linked by two ether bonds. 3
GO:0006680 glucosylceramide catabolic process 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. 3
GO:0045008 depyrimidination The disruption of the bond between the sugar in the backbone and the C or T base, causing the base to be removed and leaving a depyrimidinated sugar. 3
GO:0015964 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. 3
GO:0000294 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. 3
GO:0046135 pyrimidine nucleoside catabolic process 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). 3
GO:0046344 ecdysteroid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ecdysteroids, a group of polyhydroxylated ketosteroids which initiate post-embryonic development. 3
GO:0019628 urate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of urate, the anion of uric acid, 2,6,8-trioxypurine. 3
GO:0016075 rRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of rRNA, ribosomal RNA, a structural constituent of ribosomes. 3
GO:0071034 CUT catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs). 3
GO:0009154 purine ribonucleotide catabolic process 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. 3
GO:0019626 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. 3
GO:0071545 inositol phosphate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an inositol phosphate, 1,2,3,4,5,6-cyclohexanehexol, with one or more phosphate groups attached. 3
GO:0019458 methionine catabolic process via 2-oxobutanoate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of methionine, via the intermediate 2-oxobutanoate. 3
GO:0007039 vacuolar protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein in the vacuole, usually by the action of vacuolar proteases. 3
GO:0019481 L-alanine catabolic process, by transamination The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-alanine by transamination. 3
GO:0009057 macromolecule catabolic process 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. 3
GO:0030327 prenylated protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of prenylated proteins. 2
GO:0009313 oligosaccharide catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages. 2
GO:0030149 sphingolipid catabolic process 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). 2
GO:0033514 L-lysine catabolic process to acetyl-CoA via L-pipecolate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-lysine into other compounds, including acetyl-CoA, via the intermediate L-pipecolate. 2
GO:0030207 chondroitin sulfate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chondroitin sulfate, any member of a group of 10-60 kDa glycosaminoglycans, widely distributed in cartilage and other mammalian connective tissues, the repeat units of which consist of beta-(1,4)-linked D-glucuronyl beta-(1,3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine sulfate. 2
GO:0019404 galactitol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactitol, the hexitol derived by the reduction of the aldehyde group of either D- or L-galactose. 2
GO:0019448 L-cysteine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-cysteine, the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, i.e. (2R)-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid. 2
GO:0000737 DNA catabolic process, endonucleolytic 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. 2
GO:1901069 guanosine-containing compound catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanosine-containing compounds (guanosines). 2
GO:0009158 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. 2
GO:0042420 dopamine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dopamine, a catecholamine neurotransmitter and a metabolic precursor of noradrenaline and adrenaline. 2
GO:0034313 diol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a diol, any alcohol containing two hydroxyl groups attached to saturated carbon atoms. 2
GO:0009065 glutamine family amino acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids of the glutamine family, comprising arginine, glutamate, glutamine and proline. 2
GO:0019528 D-arabitol catabolic process to xylulose 5-phosphate The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-arabitol to form xylulose 5-phosphate. D-arabitol is converted into D-xylulose, which is then phosphorylated to form D-xylulose-5-phosphate. 2
GO:0016052 carbohydrate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y. 2
GO:0046434 organophosphate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organophosphates, any phosphate-containing organic compound. 2
GO:0030214 hyaluronan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of hyaluronan, the naturally occurring anionic form of hyaluronic acid, any member of a group of glycosaminoglycans, the repeat units of which consist of beta-1,4 linked D-glucuronyl-beta-(1,3)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. 2
GO:0030242 peroxisome degradation The process in which peroxisomes are delivered to the vacuole and degraded in response to changing nutrient conditions. 2
GO:0000288 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. 2
GO:0042853 L-alanine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-alanine, the L-enantiomer of 2-aminopropanoic acid, i.e. (2S)-2-aminopropanoic acid. 2
GO:0046181 ketogluconate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ketogluconate, the anion of ketogluconic acid, an aldonic acid derived from glucose containing a ketonic carbonyl group. 2
GO:0044257 cellular protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by individual cells. 2
GO:0019571 D-arabinose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-arabinose, the D-enantiomer of arabino-pentose. 2
GO:0009181 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. 2
GO:0042340 keratan sulfate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of keratan sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan with repeat units consisting of beta-1,4-linked D-galactopyranosyl-beta-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate and with variable amounts of fucose, sialic acid and mannose units; keratan sulfate chains are covalently linked by a glycosidic attachment through the trisaccharide galactosyl-galactosyl-xylose to peptidyl-threonine or serine residues. 2
GO:0006285 base-excision repair, AP site formation The formation of an AP site, a deoxyribose sugar with a missing base, by DNA glycosylase which recognizes an altered base in DNA and catalyzes its hydrolytic removal. This sugar phosphate is the substrate recognized by the AP endonuclease, which cuts the DNA phosphodiester backbone at the 5' side of the altered site to leave a gap which is subsequently repaired. 1
GO:0006562 proline catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of proline (pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid), a chiral, cyclic, nonessential alpha-amino acid found in peptide linkage in proteins. 1
GO:0009143 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. 1
GO:0045007 depurination The disruption of the bond between the sugar in the backbone and the A or G base, causing the base to be removed and leaving a depurinated sugar. 1
GO:0030200 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. 1
GO:0009071 serine family amino acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids of the serine family, comprising cysteine, glycine, homoserine, selenocysteine and serine. 1
GO:0043630 ncRNA polyadenylation involved in polyadenylation-dependent ncRNA catabolic process The enzymatic addition of a sequence of adenylyl residues (polyadenylation) at the 3' end of a non-coding RNA, occurring as part of the process of polyadenylation-dependent non-coding RNA catabolism. 1
GO:0009093 cysteine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cysteine, 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid. 1
GO:0046464 acylglycerol catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acylglycerol, any mono-, di- or triester of glycerol with (one or more) fatty acids. 1
GO:1901948 5alpha,9alpha,10beta-labda-8(20),13-dien-15-yl diphosphate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of 5alpha,9alpha,10beta-labda-8(20),13-dien-15-yl diphosphate. 1
GO:0009217 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. 1
GO:0043649 dicarboxylic acid catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dicarboxylic acids, any organic acid containing two carboxyl (-COOH) groups. 1
GO:0019381 atrazine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of atrazine, a triazine ring-containing herbicide. 1
GO:0017001 antibiotic catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of antibiotic, a substance produced by or derived from certain fungi, bacteria, and other organisms, that can destroy or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. 1
GO:0006026 aminoglycan catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aminoglycans, any polymer containing amino groups that consists of more than about 10 monosaccharide residues joined to each other by glycosidic linkages. 1
GO:0055130 D-alanine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-alanine, the D-enantiomer of the amino acid alanine. 1
GO:0006193 ITP catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ITP, inosine (5'-)triphosphate. 1
GO:0006593 ornithine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis. 1
GO:0019543 propionate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of propionate, the anion derived from propionic acid. 1
GO:0019941 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. 1
GO:0050983 deoxyhypusine biosynthetic process from spermidine The chemical reactions resulting in the formation of deoxyhypusine from spermidine by the enzyme [eIF-5A]-deoxyhypusine synthase. The reaction occurs in four steps: 1. spermidine + NAD+ = dehydrospermidine + NADH + H+; 2. dehydrospermidine + [enzyme]-lysine = 1,3-diaminopropane + [enzyme]-lysine-N6=CH(CH2)3NH2; 3. [enzyme]-lysine-N6=CH(CH2)3NH2 = [eIF-5A]-lysine-N6=CH(CH2)3NH2; 4. [eIF-5A]-lysine-N6=CH(CH2)3NH2 + NADH + H+ = [eIF-5A]-deoxyhypusine + NAD+. 1
GO:0016243 regulation of autophagic vacuole size Any process that modulates the size of the autophagic vacuole. 1
GO:0030328 prenylcysteine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of prenylcysteine, 3-methyl-2-buten-1-yl-cysteine, a derivative of the amino acid cysteine formed by the covalent addition of a prenyl residue. 1
GO:0034195 L-galactonate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-galactonate, the anion of L-galactonic acid. 1
GO:0019323 pentose catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pentose, any monosaccharide with a chain of five carbon atoms in the molecule. 1
GO:0071049 nuclear retention of pre-mRNA with aberrant 3'-ends at the site of transcription The process involved in retention of mRNAs that have incorrectly formed 3'-ends within the nucleus at the site of transcription. 1
GO:0044724 single-organism carbohydrate catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbohydrates, occurring within a single organism. 1
GO:0006046 N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide group of a glycoprotein. 1
GO:0009213 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. 1
GO:0042426 choline catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of choline (2-hydroxyethyltrimethylammonium), an amino alcohol that occurs widely in living organisms as a constituent of certain types of phospholipids and in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. 1
GO:0006145 purine nucleobase catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine. 1
GO:0006204 IMP catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of IMP, inosine monophosphate. 1
GO:0030579 ubiquitin-dependent SMAD protein catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of SMAD signaling proteins by ubiquitination and targeting to the proteasome. 1
GO:0006788 heme oxidation The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the loss of electrons from one or more atoms in heme. 1
GO:0006710 androgen catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of androgens, C19 steroid hormones that can stimulate the development of male sexual characteristics. 1
GO:0016078 tRNA catabolic process 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. 1
GO:0006543 glutamine catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamine, 2-amino-4-carbamoylbutanoic acid. 1
GO:0042206 halogenated hydrocarbon catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of halogenated hydrocarbons, any hydrocarbon with one or more halogen atoms attached to it. 1
GO:0000957 mitochondrial RNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of RNA transcribed from the mitochondrial genome and occurring in the mitochondrion. 1
GO:0000958 mitochondrial mRNA catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of mRNA transcribed from the mitochondrial genome and occurring in the mitochondrion. 1
GO:0019629 propionate catabolic process, 2-methylcitrate cycle The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of propionate that occurs in the 2-methylcitrate cycle. 1
GO:0045150 acetoin catabolic process The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetoin, 3-hydroxy-2-butanone. 1