carnitine catabolic process

id: GO:0042413
name: carnitine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006579betaine catabolic process
GO:0009063cellular amino acid catabolic process
GO:0009437carnitine metabolic process