sphingolipid catabolic process

id: GO:0030149
name: sphingolipid catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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).

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006685sphingomyelin catabolic process
GO:0046479glycosphingolipid catabolic process
GO:0046521sphingoid catabolic process
GO:0051874sphinganine-1-phosphate catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006665sphingolipid metabolic process
GO:0046466membrane lipid catabolic process