Term Information

Accession
GO:0006043
Name
glucosamine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
chitosamine catabolic process, chitosamine catabolism, glucosamine breakdown, glucosamine catabolism, glucosamine degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxyglucopyranose), an aminodeoxysugar that occurs in combined form in chitin. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006043 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of glucosamine catabolic process (GO:0006043)
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glucosamine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucosamine-containing compound catabolic process (GO:1901072)
glucosamine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucosamine metabolic process (GO:0006041)

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MetaCyc
GLUAMCAT-PWY