| GOID Link to GO |
Functional Category | Description | Protein Count link to protein list |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 256 |
| GO:0006184 | GTP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of GTP, guanosine triphosphate. | 150 |
| 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. | 101 |
| 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. | 32 |
| 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. | 14 |
| 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. | 14 |
| 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. | 11 |
| 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. | 10 |
| 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. | 9 |
| 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. | 8 |
| 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. | 7 |
| 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. | 6 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 5 |
| GO:0006198 | cAMP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the nucleotide cAMP (cyclic AMP, adenosine 3',5'-cyclophosphate). | 5 |
| GO:0071044 | histone mRNA catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of histone messenger RNA (mRNA). | 4 |
| 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. | 4 |
| 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). | 4 |
| 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. | 4 |
| 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. | 4 |
| 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. | 3 |
| GO:0006738 | nicotinamide riboside catabolic process | 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. | 3 |
| 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. | 3 |
| GO:0046069 | cGMP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cyclic GMP, guanosine 3',5'-phosphate. | 3 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 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. | 3 |
| GO:0006214 | thymidine catabolic process | 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. | 3 |
| GO:0046079 | dUMP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dUMP, deoxyuridine (5'-)monophosphate. | 3 |
| GO:0000956 | nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nuclear-transcribed mRNAs in eukaryotic cells. | 3 |
| GO:0071028 | nuclear mRNA surveillance | The set of processes involved in identifying and degrading defective or aberrant mRNAs within the nucleus. | 2 |
| GO:0046121 | 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 or pyrimidine base covalently bonded to a sugar deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). | 2 |
| 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. | 2 |
| 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. | 2 |
| 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. | 2 |
| 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. | 2 |
| GO:0046709 | IDP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of IDP, inosine 5'-diphosphate. | 2 |
| GO:0071034 | CUT catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs). | 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:0046115 | guanosine catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine, guanine riboside, a nucleoside with a wide species distribution. | 1 |
| 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. | 1 |
| GO:0071027 | nuclear RNA surveillance | The set of processes involved in identifying and degrading defective or aberrant RNAs within the nucleus. | 1 |
| GO:0016077 | snoRNA catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of snoRNA, small nucleolar RNA, any of a class of small RNAs that are associated with the eukaryotic nucleus as components of small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins. | 1 |
| GO:0009972 | cytidine deamination | The removal of amino group in the presence of water. | 1 |
| GO:0015971 | 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. | 1 |
| 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. | 1 |
| GO:0006217 | deoxycytidine catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxycytidine, 2-deoxyribosylcytosine, one of the four major nucleosides of DNA. | 1 |
| GO:0009264 | deoxyribonucleotide catabolic process | 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. | 1 |
| GO:0046057 | dADP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dADP, deoxyadenosine diphosphate (2'-deoxyadenosine 5'-diphosphate). | 1 |
| GO:0016075 | rRNA catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of rRNA, ribosomal RNA, a structural constituent of ribosomes. | 1 |
| GO:0046712 | GDP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of GDP, guanosine 5'-diphosphate. | 1 |
| GO:0006161 | deoxyguanosine catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxyguanosine, a nucleoside consisting of the base guanine and the sugar deoxyribose. | 1 |
| 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. | 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: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. | 1 |
| GO:0006204 | IMP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of IMP, inosine monophosphate. | 1 |
| GO:0046130 | purine ribonucleoside catabolic process | 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. | 1 |
| GO:0010792 | DNA double-strand break processing involved in repair via single-strand annealing | The 5' to 3' exonucleolytic resection of the DNA at the site of the break to form a 3' single-strand DNA overhang that results in the repair of a double strand break via single-strand annealing. | 1 |
| GO:0042454 | ribonucleoside catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any ribonucleoside, a nucleoside in which purine or pyrimidine base is linked to a ribose (beta-D-ribofuranose) molecule. | 1 |
| GO:0043634 | polyadenylation-dependent ncRNA catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a noncoding RNA (ncRNA) molecule, initiated by the enzymatic addition of a sequence of adenylyl residues (polyadenylation) at the 3' end the target ncRNA. | 1 |
| 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. | 1 |
| GO:0006258 | UDP-glucose catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of UDP-glucose, uridinediphosphoglucose, a substance composed of glucose in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate. | 1 |
| GO:0006149 | deoxyinosine catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of deoxyinosine, hypoxanthine deoxyriboside. | 1 |
| 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. | 1 |
| GO:0006253 | dCTP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dCTP, deoxycytidine triphosphate. | 1 |
| GO:0006193 | ITP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ITP, inosine (5'-)triphosphate. | 1 |
| GO:1901639 | XDP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of XDP. | 1 |
| GO:0046032 | ADP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ADP, adenosine 5'-diphosphate. | 1 |
| GO:0046067 | dGDP catabolic process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of dGDP, deoxyguanosine diphosphate, (2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-diphosphate). | 1 |