FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term protocatechuate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage ID (Ontology) GO:0019618 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, to yield beta-ketoadipate.
Also Known As "3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage" ; "protocatechuate breakdown, ortho-cleavage" ; "protocatechuate catabolic process to beta-ketoadipate" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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lipid metabolic process
 |__fatty acid derivative metabolic process_____
catechol-containing compound catabolic process  |
 |__3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process_____|
carboxylic acid metabolic process               |
 |__dicarboxylic acid metabolic process_________|
3,4-dihydroxybenzoate metabolic process         |
 |__3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process_____|
monocarboxylic acid catabolic process           |
 |__3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process_____|
                                                protocatechuate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage
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Is a 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process
dicarboxylic acid metabolic process
fatty acid derivative metabolic process
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  • "3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage" EXACT
    "protocatechuate breakdown, ortho-cleavage" EXACT
    "protocatechuate catabolic process to beta-ketoadipate" EXACT
    "protocatechuate degradation, ortho-cleavage" EXACT
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MetaCyc:PROTOCATECHUATE-ORTHO-CLEAVAGE-PWY