phytosteroid catabolic process
id: GO:0016130
name: phytosteroid catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of phytosteroids, steroids that differ from animal steroids in having substitutions at C24 and/or a double bond at C22. Phytosteroids are so named because they occur in higher plants; some, notably ergosterol, are also found in fungi.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0016133 | brassinosteroid catabolic process |
GO:0016136 | saponin catabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006706 | steroid catabolic process |
GO:0016128 | phytosteroid metabolic process |