prosthetic group catabolic process

id: GO:0051190
name: prosthetic group catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a prosthetic group, the non-amino acid portion of certain protein molecules. Prosthetic groups may be inorganic or organic and are usually required for the biological activity of the protein.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0051187cofactor catabolic process
GO:0051189prosthetic group metabolic process