FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

carotene catabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0016121 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenes, hydrocarbon carotenoids.

Also Known As

"carotene breakdown" ; "carotene catabolism" ; "carotene degradation"

Comment

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Annotations

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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
carotene catabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| carotene catabolic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

isoprenoid catabolic process
 |__terpene catabolic process___
terpene metabolic process       |
 |__carotene metabolic process__|
 |__terpene catabolic process___|
hydrocarbon catabolic process   |
 |__terpene catabolic process___|
                                carotene catabolic process  1 rec.
                                 |__alpha-zeacarotene catabolic process
                                 |__beta-carotene catabolic process
                                 |__beta-zeacarotene catabolic process
                                 |__lycopene catabolic process
                                 |__phytoene catabolic process

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Relationships
Is a	carotene metabolic process terpene catabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"carotene breakdown" EXACT "carotene catabolism" EXACT "carotene degradation" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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