AmiGO 2: Term Details for "DNA catabolic process" (GO:0006308)

Accession: GO:0006308
Name: DNA catabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: DNA breakdown, DNA catabolism, DNA degradation
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The cellular DNA metabolic process resulting in the breakdown of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long unbranched macromolecule formed from one or two strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides, the 3'-phosphate group of each constituent deoxyribonucleotide being joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the deoxyribose moiety of the next one. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:go_curators
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0006308 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to DNA catabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to DNA catabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for DNA catabolic process (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
DNA catabolic process	is_a	nucleic acid catabolic process (GO:0141188)
DNA catabolic process	is_a	macromolecule catabolic process (GO:0009057)
DNA catabolic process	is_a	nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0034655)
DNA catabolic process	is_a	DNA metabolic process (GO:0006259)
DNA catabolic process	BFO:0000051	DNA nuclease activity (GO:0004536)
DNA catabolic process	RO:0004009	deoxyribonucleic acid (CHEBI:16991)

subject	relation	object
mitochondrial DNA catabolic process (GO:0032043)	is_a	DNA catabolic process
negative regulation of DNA catabolic process (GO:1903625)	RO:0002212	DNA catabolic process
positive regulation of DNA catabolic process (GO:1903626)	RO:0002213	DNA catabolic process
regulation of DNA catabolic process (GO:1903624)	RO:0002211	DNA catabolic process
apoptotic DNA fragmentation (GO:0006309)	is_a	DNA catabolic process

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