beta-lactam antibiotic catabolic process
id: GO:0030655
name: beta-lactam antibiotic catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a beta-lactam antibiotic, any member of a class of natural or semisynthetic antibiotics whose characteristic feature is a strained, four-membered beta-lactam ring. They include the penicillins and many of the cephalosporins.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0042317 | penicillin catabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0017001 | antibiotic catabolic process |
GO:0030653 | beta-lactam antibiotic metabolic process |
GO:0072340 | cellular lactam catabolic process |