Term Information

Accession
GO:0046232
Name
carbazole catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
carbazole breakdown, carbazole catabolism, carbazole degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbazole, a heterocyclic aromatic compound containing a dibenzopyrrole system that is produced during coal gasification and is present in cigarette smoke. Coal tar produced at high temperature contains an average of 1.5% carbazole. It is used widely in synthesis of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and plastics and is a suspected carcinogen. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046232 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of carbazole catabolic process (GO:0046232)
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carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle catabolic process (GO:0046700)
carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound catabolic process (GO:1901361)
carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  aromatic compound catabolic process (GO:0019439)
carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  xenobiotic catabolic process (GO:0042178)
carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:1901565)
carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  carbazole metabolic process (GO:0018884)
carbazole catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:0044270)

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