keratan sulfate catabolic process
id: GO:0042340
name: keratan sulfate catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of keratan sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan with repeat units consisting of beta-1,4-linked D-galactopyranosyl-beta-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate and with variable amounts of fucose, sialic acid and mannose units; keratan sulfate chains are covalently linked by a glycosidic attachment through the trisaccharide galactosyl-galactosyl-xylose to peptidyl-threonine or serine residues.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006027 | glycosaminoglycan catabolic process |
GO:0042339 | keratan sulfate metabolic process |
GO:0044273 | sulfur compound catabolic process |