Term Information

Accession
GO:0006569
Name
tryptophan catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
tryptophan breakdown, tryptophan catabolism, tryptophan degradation, tryptophan catabolic process, using tryptophanase, tryptophan catabolism, using tryptophanase
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid. Source: ISBN:0198547684
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006569 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of tryptophan catabolic process (GO:0006569)
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tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino acid catabolic process (GO:0009063)
tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  tryptophan metabolic process (GO:0006568)
tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  indole-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0042436)
tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  aromatic amino acid family catabolic process (GO:0009074)
tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  alpha-amino acid catabolic process (GO:1901606)
Children of tryptophan catabolic process (GO:0006569)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
tryptophan catabolic process to acetyl-CoA (GO:0019442) [is_a relation] is_a  tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to catechol (GO:0019444) [is_a relation] is_a  tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to indole-3-acetate (GO:0019440) [is_a relation] is_a  tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophanase activity (GO:0009034) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine (GO:0019441) [is_a relation] is_a  tryptophan catabolic process
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