Term Information

Accession
GO:0006146
Name
adenine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
adenine breakdown, adenine catabolism, adenine degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of adenine, 6-aminopurine, one of the 5 main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of numerous important derivatives of its corresponding ribonucleoside, adenosine. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0006146 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of adenine catabolic process (GO:0006146)
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adenine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0006145)
adenine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  adenine metabolic process (GO:0046083)

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