Term Information

Accession
GO:0016118
Name
carotenoid catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
carotenoid breakdown, carotenoid catabolism, carotenoid degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0016118 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of carotenoid catabolic process (GO:0016118)
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carotenoid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid metabolic process (GO:0016116)
carotenoid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  tetraterpenoid catabolic process (GO:0016110)
Children of carotenoid catabolic process (GO:0016118)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
beta-carotene catabolic process (GO:1901811) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid catabolic process
alpha-zeacarotene catabolic process (GO:1901820) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid catabolic process
beta-zeacarotene catabolic process (GO:1901817) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid catabolic process
xanthophyll catabolic process (GO:0016124) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid catabolic process
delta-carotene catabolic process (GO:1901823) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid catabolic process
zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside) catabolic process (GO:1901829) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid catabolic process
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