FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term glycerol catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0019563 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "glycerol breakdown" ; "glycerol catabolism" ; "glycerol degradation"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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     involved_in | glycerol catabolic process       1
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carbohydrate metabolic process
 |__glycerol metabolic process__
carbohydrate catabolic process  |
 |__alditol catabolic process___|
polyol metabolic process        |
 |__glycerol metabolic process__|
polyol catabolic process        |
 |__alditol catabolic process___|
                                glycerol catabolic process  1 rec.
                                 |__aerobic glycerol catabolic process
                                 |__anaerobic glycerol catabolic process
                                 |   |__anaerobic glycerol catabolic process to propane-1,3-diol and glyceron phosphate
                                 |__glycolytic process from glycerol
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Is a glycerol metabolic process
alditol catabolic process
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  • "glycerol breakdown" EXACT
    "glycerol catabolism" EXACT
    "glycerol degradation" EXACT
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MetaCyc:GLYCEROL-DEG