Term Information

Accession
GO:0042812
Name
pheromone catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pheromone breakdown, pheromone catabolism, pheromone degradation
Alternate IDs
GO:0046614, GO:0007327
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pheromones, a substance that is secreted and released by an organism and detected by a second organism of the same or a closely related species, in which it causes a specific reaction, such as a definite behavioral reaction or a developmental process. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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History
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Subset
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Parents of pheromone catabolic process (GO:0042812)
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pheromone catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  pheromone metabolic process (GO:0042810)
pheromone catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular catabolic process (GO:0044248)
pheromone catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hormone catabolic process (GO:0042447)

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