Term Information

Accession
GO:0042413
Name
carnitine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
carnitine breakdown, carnitine catabolism, carnitine degradation, vitamin Bt catabolic process, vitamin Bt catabolism
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0042413 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of carnitine catabolic process (GO:0042413)
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carnitine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino-acid betaine catabolic process (GO:0006579)
carnitine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  carnitine metabolic process (GO:0009437)

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