macromolecule catabolic process
id: GO:0009057
name: macromolecule catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0000272 | polysaccharide catabolic process |
GO:0006516 | glycoprotein catabolic process |
GO:0030163 | protein catabolic process |
GO:0030167 | proteoglycan catabolic process |
GO:0032801 | receptor catabolic process |
GO:0042540 | hemoglobin catabolic process |
GO:0044265 | cellular macromolecule catabolic process |
GO:0044266 | multicellular organismal macromolecule catabolic process |
GO:0052361 | catabolism by organism of macromolecule in other organism involved in symbiotic interaction |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0009056 | catabolic process |
GO:0043170 | macromolecule metabolic process |