cysteine catabolic process

id: GO:0009093
name: cysteine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cysteine, 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019447D-cysteine catabolic process
GO:0019448L-cysteine catabolic process

Parent Functions

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GO:0000098sulfur amino acid catabolic process
GO:0006534cysteine metabolic process
GO:0009071serine family amino acid catabolic process