Term Information

Accession
GO:0016261
Name
selenocysteine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
selenocysteine breakdown, selenocysteine catabolism, selenocysteine degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of selenocysteine, an essential component of glutathione peroxidase and some other proteins. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0016261 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of selenocysteine catabolic process (GO:0016261)
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selenocysteine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  serine family amino acid catabolic process (GO:0009071)
selenocysteine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  selenocysteine metabolic process (GO:0016259)

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