Term Information

Accession
GO:0042848
Name
sorbose catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sorbose breakdown, sorbose catabolism, sorbose degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sorbose, the ketohexose xylo-2-hexulose. Sorbose is produced commercially by fermentation and is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of ascorbic acid. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0042848 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of sorbose catabolic process (GO:0042848)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
sorbose catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hexose catabolic process (GO:0019320)
sorbose catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sorbose metabolic process (GO:0019311)
Children of sorbose catabolic process (GO:0042848)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
L-sorbose catabolic process (GO:0042850) [is_a relation] is_a  sorbose catabolic process
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