Term Information

Accession
GO:0009450
Name
gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
4-aminobutanoate catabolic process, 4-aminobutanoate catabolism, 4-aminobutyrate catabolic process, 4-aminobutyrate catabolism, GABA catabolic process, GABA catabolism, gamma-aminobutyric acid breakdown, gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolism, gamma-aminobutyric acid degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 4-aminobutyrate), an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in some organisms. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
See also the biological process term 'neurotransmitter catabolic process ; GO:0042135'.
History
See term history for GO:0009450 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process (GO:0009450)
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gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process (GO:0009448)
gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino acid catabolic process (GO:0009063)
Children of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process (GO:0009450)
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positive regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process (GO:1901717) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process
negative regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process (GO:1901716) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process
regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process (GO:1901715) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process