choline catabolic process
id: GO:0042426
name: choline catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of choline (2-hydroxyethyltrimethylammonium), an amino alcohol that occurs widely in living organisms as a constituent of certain types of phospholipids and in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0019695 | choline metabolic process |
GO:0042402 | cellular biogenic amine catabolic process |
GO:0046164 | alcohol catabolic process |