lactose catabolic process

id: GO:0005990
name: lactose catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lactose, the disaccharide galactopyranosyl-glucose.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019512lactose catabolic process via tagatose-6-phosphate
GO:0019513lactose catabolic process, using glucoside 3-dehydrogenase
GO:0019515lactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0005988lactose metabolic process
GO:0046352disaccharide catabolic process