pigment catabolic process

id: GO:0046149
name: pigment catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pigment, any general or particular coloring matter in living organisms, e.g. melanin.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0015996chlorophyll catabolic process
GO:0042167heme catabolic process
GO:0046150melanin catabolic process
GO:0046151eye pigment catabolic process
GO:0046159ocellus pigment catabolic process
GO:0046284anthocyanin catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009056catabolic process
GO:0042440pigment metabolic process