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Accession
GO:0006210
Name
thymine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
thymine breakdown, thymine catabolism, thymine degradation
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of thymine, 5-methyluracil, one of the two major pyrimidine bases present (as thymidine) in DNA but not found in RNA other than (as ribothymidine) in transfer RNA, where it is a minor base. Source: GOC:go_curators
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Parents of thymine catabolic process (GO:0006210)
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thymine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process (GO:0006208)
thymine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  thymine metabolic process (GO:0019859)
thymine catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  thymine (CHEBI:17821)

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