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Accession
GO:0006147
Name
guanine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
guanine breakdown, guanine catabolism, guanine degradation
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important. Source: GOC:go_curators
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Parents of guanine catabolic process (GO:0006147)
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guanine catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  guanine (CHEBI:16235)
guanine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0006145)
guanine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  guanine metabolic process (GO:0046098)

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