Term Information

Accession
GO:0042135
Name
neurotransmitter catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
neurotransmitter breakdown, neurotransmitter catabolism, neurotransmitter degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. Source: GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042135 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_synapse
Feedback
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Parents of neurotransmitter catabolic process (GO:0042135)
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neurotransmitter catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  neurotransmitter metabolic process (GO:0042133)
neurotransmitter catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular catabolic process (GO:0044248)
Children of neurotransmitter catabolic process (GO:0042135)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
histamine catabolic process (GO:0001695) [is_a relation] is_a  neurotransmitter catabolic process
octopamine catabolic process (GO:0046334) [is_a relation] is_a  neurotransmitter catabolic process
acetylcholine catabolic process (GO:0006581) [is_a relation] is_a  neurotransmitter catabolic process
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