Term Information

Accession
GO:0042422
Name
norepinephrine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
levarterenol catabolic process, levarterenol catabolism, noradrenaline catabolic process, noradrenaline catabolism, norepinephrine breakdown, norepinephrine catabolism, norepinephrine degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of norepinephrine, a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla, and a neurotransmitter in the sympathetic peripheral nervous system and in some tracts in the central nervous system. It is also the demethylated biosynthetic precursor of epinephrine. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of norepinephrine catabolic process (GO:0042422)
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norepinephrine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  norepinephrine metabolic process (GO:0042415)
norepinephrine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  catecholamine catabolic process (GO:0042424)

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