Term Information

Accession
GO:0006046
Name
N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
N-acetylglucosamine breakdown, N-acetylglucosamine catabolism, N-acetylglucosamine degradation
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide group of a glycoprotein. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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History
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Subset
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Parents of N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process (GO:0006046)
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N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process (GO:0006044)
N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucosamine-containing compound catabolic process (GO:1901072)

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