Term Information

Accession
GO:0032325
Name
molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of the molybdopterin cofactor (Moco), essential for the catalytic activity of some enzymes, e.g. sulfite oxidase, xanthine dehydrogenase, and aldehyde oxidase. The cofactor consists of a mononuclear molybdenum (Mo-molybdopterin) or tungsten ion (W-molybdopterin) coordinated by one or two molybdopterin ligands. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0032325 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process (GO:0032325)
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molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound catabolic process (GO:1901361)
molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:1901565)
molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  molybdopterin cofactor metabolic process (GO:0043545)
molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organophosphate catabolic process (GO:0046434)
molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle catabolic process (GO:0046700)
Children of molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process (GO:0032325)
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Mo-molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process (GO:0032326) [is_a relation] is_a  molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process
W-molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process (GO:0032327) [is_a relation] is_a  molybdopterin cofactor catabolic process
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