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Accession
GO:0006145
Name
purine nucleobase catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
purine base breakdown, purine base catabolic process, purine base catabolism, purine base degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine. Source: GOC:go_curators
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History
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Parents of purine nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0006145)
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purine nucleobase catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0046113)
purine nucleobase catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  purine nucleobase (CHEBI:26386)
purine nucleobase catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  purine-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0072523)
purine nucleobase catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase metabolic process (GO:0006144)
Children of purine nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0006145)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
adenine catabolic process (GO:0006146) [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process
guanine catabolic process (GO:0006147) [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process
hypoxanthine catabolic process (GO:0009114) [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process
anaerobic purine nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0019653) [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process
xanthine catabolic process (GO:0009115) [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process
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