beta-alanine catabolic process
id: GO:0019484
name: beta-alanine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019485 | beta-alanine catabolic process to L-alanine |
| GO:0019486 | beta-alanine catabolic process to mevalonate semialdehyde, by transamination |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0009063 | cellular amino acid catabolic process |
| GO:0019482 | beta-alanine metabolic process |
