Term Information

Accession
GO:0009251
Name
glucan catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glucan breakdown, glucan catabolism, glucan degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009251 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glucan catabolic process (GO:0009251)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
glucan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process (GO:0044042)
glucan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide catabolic process (GO:0000272)
Children of glucan catabolic process (GO:0009251)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cellodextrin catabolic process (GO:2000890) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
osmoregulated periplasmic glucan catabolic process (GO:1900726) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
beta-glucan catabolic process (GO:0051275) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
glycogen catabolic process (GO:0005980) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
dextrin catabolic process (GO:1901027) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
starch catabolic process (GO:0005983) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
alpha-glucan catabolic process (GO:0030980) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
xyloglucan catabolic process (GO:2000899) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
cyclodextrin catabolic process (GO:2000901) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
pullulan catabolic process (GO:0051678) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan catabolic process
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