Term Information

Accession
GO:0019448
Name
L-cysteine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
L-cysteine breakdown, L-cysteine catabolism, L-cysteine degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-cysteine, the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, i.e. (2R)-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid. Source: GOC:jsg, GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0019448 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of L-cysteine catabolic process (GO:0019448)
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L-cysteine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular modified amino acid catabolic process (GO:0042219)
L-cysteine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cysteine catabolic process (GO:0009093)
L-cysteine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  L-cysteine metabolic process (GO:0046439)
Children of L-cysteine catabolic process (GO:0019448)
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L-cysteine catabolic process to taurine (GO:0019452) [is_a relation] is_a  L-cysteine catabolic process
L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate (GO:0019450) [is_a relation] is_a  L-cysteine catabolic process
L-cysteine catabolic process via cystine (GO:0019453) [is_a relation] is_a  L-cysteine catabolic process
L-cysteine catabolic process to hypotaurine (GO:0019449) [is_a relation] is_a  L-cysteine catabolic process
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