Go terms map to parent GO term: GO:0034655   nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process
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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