Term Information

Accession
GO:0000272
Name
polysaccharide catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
polysaccharide breakdown, polysaccharide catabolism, polysaccharide degradation, multicellular organismal polysaccharide catabolic process
Alternate IDs
GO:0044244
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. Source: PMID:33139480
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0000272 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of polysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0000272)
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polysaccharide catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate catabolic process (GO:0016052)
polysaccharide catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  macromolecule catabolic process (GO:0009057)
polysaccharide catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide metabolic process (GO:0005976)
Children of polysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0000272)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
alginic acid catabolic process (GO:0042122) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltopentaose (GO:0052787) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
arabinan catabolic process (GO:0031222) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
galactomannan catabolic process (GO:0051682) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
homogalacturonan catabolic process (GO:0033393) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
glucan catabolic process (GO:0009251) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
mannogen catabolic process (GO:0106305) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
galactoglucomannan catabolic process (GO:2000885) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
glycolysis from storage polysaccharide through glucose-1-phosphate (GO:0093001) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0044347) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltotriose (GO:0052786) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
glucomannan catabolic process (GO:2000884) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
pectin catabolic process (GO:0045490) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
extracellular polysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0071999) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
fructan catabolic process (GO:0010147) [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process
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