FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cholesterol catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006707 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones.
Also Known As "cholesterol breakdown" ; "cholesterol catabolism" ; "cholesterol degradation"
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alcohol metabolic process
 |__alcohol catabolic process________
steroid catabolic process            |
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sterol metabolic process             |
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 |__sterol catabolic process_________|
small molecule catabolic process     |
 |__alcohol catabolic process________|
secondary alcohol metabolic process  |
 |__cholesterol metabolic process____|
                                     cholesterol catabolic process
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Is a cholesterol metabolic process
sterol catabolic process
alcohol catabolic process
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  • "cholesterol breakdown" EXACT
    "cholesterol catabolism" EXACT
    "cholesterol degradation" EXACT
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