FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term polysaccharide catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0000272 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically.[ PubMed:33139480 ]
Also Known As "polysaccharide breakdown" ; "polysaccharide catabolism" ; "polysaccharide degradation"
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carbohydrate metabolic process
 |__polysaccharide metabolic process__
 |__carbohydrate catabolic process____|
catabolic process                     |
 |__macromolecule catabolic process___|
 |__carbohydrate catabolic process____|
macromolecule metabolic process       |
 |__polysaccharide metabolic process__|
 |__macromolecule catabolic process___|
                                      polysaccharide catabolic process  33 rec.
                                       |__alginic acid catabolic process
                                       |__alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltopentaose
                                       |__alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltotriose
                                       |__arabinan catabolic process
                                       |__cell septum edging catabolic process
                                       |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process
                                       |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process involved in abscission
                                       |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process involved in lateral root development
                                       |   |__mannan catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__plant-type cell wall cellulose catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__regulation of cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process(+)
                                       |__fructan catabolic process
                                       |   |__inulin catabolic process
                                       |__galactoglucomannan catabolic process
                                       |   |__regulation of galactoglucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                       |__galactomannan catabolic process
                                       |   |__regulation of galactomannan catabolic process(+)
                                       |__glucan catabolic process 33 rec.
                                       |   |__alpha-glucan catabolic process
                                       |   |__beta-glucan catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__dextrin catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__glycogen catabolic process(+) 33 rec.
                                       |   |__osmoregulated periplasmic glucan catabolic process
                                       |   |__pullulan catabolic process
                                       |   |__starch catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__xyloglucan catabolic process(+)
                                       |__glucomannan catabolic process
                                       |   |__regulation of glucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                       |__glycolysis from storage polysaccharide through glucose-1-phosphate
                                       |__hemicellulose catabolic process
                                       |   |__regulation of hemicellulose catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__xylan catabolic process(+)
                                       |   |__xyloglucan catabolic process(+)
                                       |__homogalacturonan catabolic process
                                       |__mannogen catabolic process
                                       |__pectin catabolic process
                                           |__anaerobic pectin catabolic process
                                           |__regulation of pectin catabolic process(+)
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Is a polysaccharide metabolic process
macromolecule catabolic process
carbohydrate catabolic process
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  • "multicellular organismal polysaccharide catabolic process" NARROW
    "polysaccharide breakdown" EXACT
    "polysaccharide catabolism" EXACT
    "polysaccharide degradation" EXACT
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