pteridine-containing compound catabolic process

id: GO:0042560
name: pteridine-containing compound catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any compound containing pteridine (pyrazino(2,3-dipyrimidine)), e.g. pteroic acid, xanthopterin and folic acid.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009397folic acid-containing compound catabolic process
GO:0019990pteridine catabolic process
GO:0032325molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process
GO:0046147tetrahydrobiopterin catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019439aromatic compound catabolic process
GO:0042558pteridine-containing compound metabolic process
GO:0044270cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process
GO:0046700heterocycle catabolic process