Term Information

Accession
GO:0009442
Name
allantoin assimilation pathway
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
allantoin catabolic process via ureidoglycolate, allantoin catabolism via ureidoglycolate, allantoin degradation pathway
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The pathways by which allantoin is processed and converted to ureidoglycolate, and then into metabolically useful substrates. E. coli are able to utilize allantoin as a sole nitrogen source under anaerobic conditions by converting it to ureidoglycolate; this may be further metabolized to produce glyoxylate and thence 3-phosphoglycerate, or alternatively oxidized to oxolureate, which can converted into oxamate and carbamoylphosphate. This may then be further metabolized to CO2, NH4+ and ATP. Source: MetaCyc:PWY0-41
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009442 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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allantoin assimilation pathway [is_a relation] is_a  allantoin catabolic process (GO:0000256)

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MetaCyc
PWY0-41