FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

uracil catabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006212 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of uracil, 2,4-dioxopyrimidine, one of the pyrimidine bases occurring in RNA, but not in DNA.

Also Known As

"uracil breakdown" ; "uracil catabolism" ; "uracil degradation"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

pyrimidine nucleobase metabolic process
 |__pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process_______
 |__uracil metabolic process______________________|
nucleobase catabolic process                      |
 |__pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process_______|
pyrimidine-containing compound catabolic process  |
 |__pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process_______|
                                                  uracil catabolic process  2 rec.

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Is a	pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process uracil metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"uracil breakdown" EXACT "uracil catabolism" EXACT "uracil degradation" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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