Term Information

Accession
GO:0046294
Name
formaldehyde catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
formaldehyde breakdown, formaldehyde catabolism, formaldehyde degradation, methanal catabolic process, methanal catabolism
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of formaldehyde (methanal, H2C=O), the simplest aldehyde. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046294 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of formaldehyde catabolic process (GO:0046294)
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formaldehyde catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular detoxification of aldehyde (GO:0110095)
formaldehyde catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  formaldehyde metabolic process (GO:0046292)
formaldehyde catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  aldehyde catabolic process (GO:0046185)
formaldehyde catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  small molecule catabolic process (GO:0044282)

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