Term Information

Accession
GO:0042400
Name
ectoine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
ectoine breakdown, ectoine catabolism, ectoine degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid), a tetrahydropyrimidine commonly synthesized by halophilic bacteria. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:11823218
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0042400 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of ectoine catabolic process (GO:0042400)
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ectoine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid catabolic process (GO:0072329)
ectoine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:1901565)
ectoine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  ectoine metabolic process (GO:0042399)
ectoine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound catabolic process (GO:1901361)
ectoine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle catabolic process (GO:0046700)

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