FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

xanthine catabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0009115 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids.

Also Known As

"xanthine breakdown" ; "xanthine catabolism" ; "xanthine 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
xanthine catabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| xanthine catabolic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

purine nucleobase metabolic process
 |__purine nucleobase catabolic process_______
 |__xanthine metabolic process________________|
nucleobase catabolic process                  |
 |__purine nucleobase catabolic process_______|
purine-containing compound catabolic process  |
 |__purine nucleobase catabolic process_______|
                                              xanthine catabolic process  1 rec.

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

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