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Accession
GO:0009057
Name
macromolecule catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
biopolymer catabolic process, macromolecule breakdown, macromolecule catabolism, macromolecule degradation, cellular macromolecule catabolic process, cellular macromolecule catabolism, cellular macromolecule degradation, multicellular organismal macromolecule catabolic process
Alternate IDs
GO:0044266, GO:0043285
Definition
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. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009057 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
goslim_pir
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Parents of macromolecule catabolic process (GO:0009057)
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macromolecule catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic substance catabolic process (GO:1901575)
macromolecule catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule metabolic process (GO:0043170)
macromolecule catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  biomacromolecule (CHEBI:33694)
Children of macromolecule catabolic process (GO:0009057)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
DNA catabolic process (GO:0006308) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
polysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0000272) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
modification-dependent macromolecule catabolic process (GO:0043632) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
protein catabolic process (GO:0030163) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
RNA catabolic process (GO:0006401) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
lipopolysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0009104) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
cell wall macromolecule catabolic process (GO:0016998) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
receptor catabolic process (GO:0032801) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
teichoic acid catabolic process (GO:0070393) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
aminoglycan catabolic process (GO:0006026) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
amylopectin catabolic process (GO:2000897) [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process
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