FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term sulfur compound catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0044273 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Also Known As "sulfur compound breakdown" ; "sulfur compound catabolism" ; "sulfur compound degradation"
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 |__sulfur compound metabolic process__
 |__catabolic process__________________|
                                       sulfur compound catabolic process  12 rec.
                                        |__2-aminobenzenesulfonate catabolic process
                                        |   |__2-aminobenzenesulfonate desulfonation
                                        |__2-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |__6-sulfoquinovose(1-) catabolic process
                                        |   |__6-sulfoquinovose(1-) catabolic process to 3-sulfopropanediol(1-)
                                        |   |__6-sulfoquinovose(1-) catabolic process to glycerone phosphate and 3-sulfolactaldehyde
                                        |   |__sulphoglycolysis
                                        |__acetyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |   |__acetyl-CoA assimilation pathway
                                        |   |__acetyl-CoA fermentation to butanoate
                                        |__alkanesulfonate catabolic process
                                        |   |__taurine catabolic process
                                        |__benzoyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |__biotin catabolic process
                                        |__cephalosporin C catabolic process
                                        |__cephamycin C catabolic process
                                        |__coenzyme A catabolic process 1 rec.
                                        |__dibenzothiophene catabolic process
                                        |__dimethylsulfoniopropionate catabolic process
                                        |__fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__2-methylbut-2-enoyl-CoA(4-) catabolic process
                                        |   |__2-methylbutanoyl-CoA(4-) catabolic process
                                        |   |__3-methylbut-2-enoyl-CoA(4-) catabolic process
                                        |   |__butyryl-CoA catabolic process(+)
                                        |   |__isovaleryl-CoA(4-) catabolic process
                                        |   |__long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |   |__medium-chain fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |   |__propionyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |   |__very long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |__gliotoxin catabolic process
                                        |__glutathione catabolic process 7 rec.
                                        |__glutathione derivative catabolic process
                                        |   |__trypanothione catabolic process
                                        |__leukotriene D4 catabolic process
                                        |__lipoate catabolic process
                                        |__malonyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |__parathion catabolic process
                                        |__penicillin catabolic process
                                        |   |__benzylpenicillin catabolic process
                                        |   |__regulation of penicillin catabolic process(+)
                                        |__pyochelin catabolic process
                                        |__S-adenosylhomocysteine catabolic process
                                        |__S-adenosylmethionine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                        |__S-glycoside catabolic process
                                        |   |__glucosinolate catabolic process(+)
                                        |   |__lincomycin catabolic process
                                        |__succinyl-CoA catabolic process
                                        |__sulfur amino acid catabolic process 2 rec.
                                        |   |__cysteine catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                        |   |__ergothioneine catabolic process
                                        |   |__homocysteine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__L-methionine catabolic process(+)
                                        |__thiamine-containing compound catabolic process
                                        |   |__thiamine catabolic process
                                        |   |__thiamine diphosphate catabolic process
                                        |__thiocyanate catabolic process
                                        |__toluene-4-sulfonate catabolic process
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  • "sulfur catabolic process" NARROW
    "sulfur catabolism" NARROW
    "sulfur compound breakdown" EXACT
    "sulfur compound catabolism" EXACT
    "sulfur compound degradation" EXACT
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