FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term mRNA catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006402 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of mRNA, messenger RNA, which is responsible for carrying the coded genetic 'message', transcribed from DNA, to sites of protein assembly at the ribosomes.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As"mRNA breakdown" ; "mRNA catabolism" ; "mRNA degradation"
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     involved_in | mRNA catabolic process       --
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regulation of gene expression
 |__negative regulation of gene expression_________________
negative regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process  |
 |__negative regulation of gene expression_________________|
RNA metabolic process                                      |
 |__RNA catabolic process__________________________________|
 |__mRNA metabolic process_________________________________|
nucleic acid catabolic process                             |
 |__RNA catabolic process__________________________________|
                                                           mRNA catabolic process  146 rec.
                                                            |__maternal mRNA clearance 4 rec.
                                                            |__mitochondrial mRNA catabolic process 4 rec.
                                                            |   |__mitochondrial mRNA surveillance
                                                            |   |__regulation of mitochondrial mRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                            |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process 75 rec.
                                                            |   |__deadenylation-dependent decapping of nuclear-transcribed mRNA(+) 8 rec.
                                                            |   |__histone mRNA catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear mRNA surveillance(+) 11 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, deadenylation-dependent decay(+) 32 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, deadenylation-independent decay(+) 7 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, no-go decay 1 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, non-stop decay 4 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay(+) 20 rec.
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, RNase MRP-dependent
                                                            |   |__nuclear-transcribed mRNA poly(A) tail shortening(+) 23 rec.
                                                            |__polyadenylation-dependent mRNA catabolic process
                                                            |   |__nuclear polyadenylation-dependent mRNA catabolic process
                                                            |__polyuridylation-dependent mRNA catabolic process 2 rec.
                                                            |   |__polyuridylation-dependent decapping of nuclear-transcribed mRNA
                                                            |__regulation of mRNA catabolic process 93 rec.
                                                                |__negative regulation of mRNA catabolic process(+) 11 rec.
                                                                |__positive regulation of mRNA catabolic process(+) 75 rec.
                                                                |__regulation of deadenylation-dependent decapping of nuclear-transcribed mRNA(+)
                                                                |__regulation of mitochondrial mRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                                |__regulation of mRNA stability(+) 90 rec.
                                                                |__regulation of nuclear mRNA surveillance of meiosis-specific transcripts(+)
                                                                |__regulation of nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay(+) 1 rec.
                                                                |__regulation of nuclear-transcribed mRNA poly(A) tail shortening(+) 5 rec.
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negative regulation of gene expression
mRNA metabolic process
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  • "mRNA breakdown" EXACT
    "mRNA catabolism" EXACT
    "mRNA decay" RELATED
    "mRNA degradation" EXACT
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