FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
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Term macromolecule catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009057 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.
Also Known As "biopolymer catabolic process" ; "macromolecule breakdown" ; "macromolecule catabolism" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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 |__macromolecule metabolic process__|
                                     macromolecule catabolic process  700 rec.
                                      |__aminoglycan catabolic process 29 rec.
                                      |   |__chitin catabolic process(+) 19 rec.
                                      |   |__glycosaminoglycan catabolic process(+) 10 rec.
                                      |   |__poly-N-acetyllactosamine catabolic process
                                      |__amylopectin catabolic process
                                      |   |__regulation of amylopectin catabolic process(+)
                                      |__cell wall macromolecule catabolic process
                                      |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__wall teichoic acid catabolic process
                                      |__lipopolysaccharide catabolic process
                                      |__modification-dependent macromolecule catabolic process 368 rec.
                                      |   |__modification-dependent protein catabolic process(+) 364 rec.
                                      |   |__polyadenylation-dependent RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                      |   |__polyuridylation-dependent mRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                      |__nucleic acid catabolic process 208 rec.
                                      |   |__DNA catabolic process(+) 22 rec.
                                      |   |__RNA catabolic process(+) 187 rec.
                                      |__polysaccharide catabolic process 33 rec.
                                      |   |__alginic acid catabolic process
                                      |   |__alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltopentaose
                                      |   |__alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltotriose
                                      |   |__arabinan catabolic process
                                      |   |__cell septum edging catabolic process
                                      |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__fructan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__galactoglucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__galactomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glucan catabolic process(+) 33 rec.
                                      |   |__glucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glycolysis from storage polysaccharide through glucose-1-phosphate
                                      |   |__hemicellulose catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__homogalacturonan catabolic process
                                      |   |__mannogen catabolic process
                                      |   |__pectin catabolic process(+)
                                      |__protein catabolic process 435 rec.
                                      |   |__acrosome matrix dispersal
                                      |   |__chaperone-mediated autophagy(+)
                                      |   |__epidermal growth factor catabolic process
                                      |   |__glycoprotein catabolic process(+) 18 rec.
                                      |   |__hemoglobin catabolic process
                                      |   |__histone catabolic process
                                      |   |__insulin catabolic process 1 rec.
                                      |   |__lipoprotein catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                      |   |__low-density lipoprotein particle receptor catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__mitochondrial protein catabolic process 3 rec.
                                      |   |__modification-dependent protein catabolic process(+) 364 rec.
                                      |   |__prosthetic group catabolic process
                                      |   |__proteasomal protein catabolic process(+) 316 rec.
                                      |   |__protein catabolic process at synapse(+)
                                      |   |__protein catabolic process in the vacuole(+) 3 rec.
                                      |   |__protein denaturation
                                      |   |__protein quality control for misfolded or incompletely synthesized proteins(+) 11 rec.
                                      |   |__PSII associated light-harvesting complex II catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of protein catabolic process(+) 102 rec.
                                      |   |__rhodopsin catabolic process
                                      |   |__ubiquitin-independent protein catabolic process via the multivesicular body sorting pathway 1 rec.
                                      |__receptor catabolic process 1 rec.
                                      |   |__G protein-coupled receptor catabolic process
                                      |   |__low-density lipoprotein particle receptor catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of receptor catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__Wnt receptor catabolic process
                                      |__teichoic acid catabolic process
                                          |__lipoteichoic acid catabolic process
                                          |__wall teichoic acid catabolic process
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Synonyms
  • "biopolymer catabolic process" EXACT
    "cellular macromolecule catabolic process" RELATED
    "cellular macromolecule catabolism" RELATED
    "cellular macromolecule degradation" RELATED
    "macromolecule breakdown" EXACT
    "macromolecule catabolism" EXACT
    "macromolecule degradation" EXACT
    "multicellular organismal macromolecule catabolic process" NARROW
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