polysaccharide catabolic process

id: GO:0000272
name: polysaccharide catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of polysaccharides, polymers of more than 10 monosaccharide residues joined by glycosidic linkages.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006026aminoglycan catabolic process
GO:0009251glucan catabolic process
GO:0031222arabinan catabolic process
GO:0044244multicellular organismal polysaccharide catabolic process
GO:0044247cellular polysaccharide catabolic process
GO:0052359catabolism by organism of glucan in other organism involved in symbiotic interaction
GO:0052786alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltotriose
GO:0052787alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltopentaose
GO:0070393teichoic acid catabolic process
GO:2000884glucomannan catabolic process
GO:2000885galactoglucomannan catabolic process
GO:2000895hemicellulose catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0005976polysaccharide metabolic process
GO:0009057macromolecule catabolic process
GO:0016052carbohydrate catabolic process