purine base catabolic process
id: GO:0006145
name: purine base catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006146 | adenine catabolic process |
| GO:0006147 | guanine catabolic process |
| GO:0009114 | hypoxanthine catabolic process |
| GO:0009115 | xanthine catabolic process |
| GO:0019653 | anaerobic purine base catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006144 | purine base metabolic process |
| GO:0046113 | nucleobase catabolic process |
| GO:0072523 | purine-containing compound catabolic process |
