FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

guanine catabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006147 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important.

Also Known As

"guanine breakdown" ; "guanine catabolism" ; "guanine degradation"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
guanine catabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| guanine catabolic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

purine nucleobase metabolic process
 |__purine nucleobase catabolic process_______
 |__guanine metabolic process_________________|
nucleobase catabolic process                  |
 |__purine nucleobase catabolic process_______|
purine-containing compound catabolic process  |
 |__purine nucleobase catabolic process_______|
                                              guanine catabolic process  1 rec.

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Is a	purine nucleobase catabolic process guanine metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"guanine breakdown" EXACT "guanine catabolism" EXACT "guanine degradation" EXACT
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