protocatechuate catabolic process, meta-cleavage

id: GO:0019617
name: protocatechuate catabolic process, meta-cleavage
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, to yield oxaloacetate and pyruvate.

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