pentose catabolic process

id: GO:0019323
name: pentose catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pentose, any monosaccharide with a chain of five carbon atoms in the molecule.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0005998xylulose catabolic process
GO:0019303D-ribose catabolic process
GO:0019568arabinose catabolic process
GO:0042843D-xylose catabolic process
GO:0046363ribitol catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019321pentose metabolic process
GO:0046365monosaccharide catabolic process