collagen catabolic process

id: GO:0030574
name: collagen catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The proteolytic chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of collagen in the extracellular matrix, usually carried out by proteases secreted by nearby cells.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0032963collagen metabolic process
GO:0044243multicellular organismal catabolic process