FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term nucleic acid catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0141188 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The cellular DNA metabolic process resulting in the breakdown of a nucleic acid.
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nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
 |__nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process__
 |__nucleic acid metabolic process____________________|
catabolic process                                     |
 |__macromolecule catabolic process___________________|
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macromolecule metabolic process                       |
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 |__nucleic acid metabolic process____________________|
                                                      nucleic acid catabolic process  203 rec.
                                                       |__DNA catabolic process 22 rec.
                                                       |   |__apoptotic DNA fragmentation(+) 18 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial DNA catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of DNA catabolic process(+)
                                                       |__RNA catabolic process 182 rec.
                                                           |__21U-RNA catabolic process
                                                           |__CUT catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                                           |__DNA replication, removal of RNA primer(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__lncRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__miRNA catabolic process(+) 9 rec.
                                                           |__mitochondrial RNA catabolic process(+) 7 rec.
                                                           |__mRNA catabolic process(+) 138 rec.
                                                           |__polyadenylation-dependent RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__pre-mRNA catabolic process 3 rec.
                                                           |__regulation of RNA stability(+) 89 rec.
                                                           |__RNA fragment catabolic process
                                                           |__RNA surveillance(+) 31 rec.
                                                           |__rRNA catabolic process(+) 8 rec.
                                                           |__siRNA catabolic process
                                                           |__sno(s)RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__snRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__tRNA decay(+) 9 rec.
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Is a macromolecule catabolic process
nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process
nucleic acid metabolic process
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