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Accession
GO:0006062
Name
sorbitol catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sorbitol breakdown, sorbitol catabolism, sorbitol degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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History
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Subset
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Parents of sorbitol catabolic process (GO:0006062)
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sorbitol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hexitol catabolic process (GO:0019407)
sorbitol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sorbitol metabolic process (GO:0006060)
sorbitol catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  glucitol (CHEBI:30911)

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MetaCyc
SORBDEG-PWY