tRNA catabolic process
id: GO:0016078
name: tRNA catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tRNA, transfer RNA, a class of relatively small RNA molecules responsible for mediating the insertion of amino acids into the sequence of nascent polypeptide chains during protein synthesis.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0071038 | nuclear polyadenylation-dependent tRNA catabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006399 | tRNA metabolic process |
GO:0034661 | ncRNA catabolic process |