tryptophan catabolic process

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• GO:0008150 biological_process
• GO:0008152 metabolic process
•      GO:0009056 catabolic process
•      GO:0044237 cellular metabolic process
•      GO:0009987 cellular process
•      GO:0006082 organic acid metabolic process
•      GO:0071704 organic substance metabolic process
•      GO:1901564 organonitrogen compound metabolic process
•      GO:0044281 small molecule metabolic process
•          GO:0009308 amine metabolic process
•          GO:0044248 cellular catabolic process
•          GO:0006807 nitrogen compound metabolic process
•          GO:1901575 organic substance catabolic process
•          GO:0043436 oxoacid metabolic process
•          GO:0044238 primary metabolic process
•          GO:0044282 small molecule catabolic process
•              GO:0006520 amino acid metabolic process
•              GO:0006576 biogenic amine metabolic process
•              GO:0019752 carboxylic acid metabolic process
•              GO:0006725 cellular aromatic compound metabolic process
•              GO:0034641 cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process
•              GO:0046483 heterocycle metabolic process
•              GO:0042430 indole-containing compound metabolic process
•              GO:0016054 organic acid catabolic process
•              GO:1901360 organic cyclic compound metabolic process
•                  GO:1901605 alpha-amino acid metabolic process
•                  GO:0009063 amino acid catabolic process
•                  GO:0009072 aromatic amino acid metabolic process
•                  GO:0019439 aromatic compound catabolic process
•                  GO:0046395 carboxylic acid catabolic process
•                  GO:0044270 cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process
•                  GO:0046700 heterocycle catabolic process
•                  GO:0006586 indolalkylamine metabolic process
•                  GO:1901361 organic cyclic compound catabolic process
•                  GO:1901565 organonitrogen compound catabolic process
•                      GO:1901606 alpha-amino acid catabolic process
•                      GO:0009074 aromatic amino acid family catabolic process
•                      GO:0042436 indole-containing compound catabolic process
•                      GO:0006568 tryptophan metabolic process
•                          GO:0006569 tryptophan catabolic process
•                              GO:0019442 tryptophan catabolic process to acetyl-CoA
•                              GO:0019444 tryptophan catabolic process to catechol
•                              GO:0019440 tryptophan catabolic process to indole-3-acetate
•                              GO:0019441 tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine
•                              GO:0009034 tryptophanase activity

Parents of tryptophan catabolic process (GO:0006569)

subject	relation	object
tryptophan catabolic process	is_a	tryptophan metabolic process (GO:0006568)
tryptophan catabolic process	is_a	alpha-amino acid catabolic process (GO:1901606)
tryptophan catabolic process	is_a	indole-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0042436)
tryptophan catabolic process	is_a	aromatic amino acid family catabolic process (GO:0009074)
tryptophan catabolic process	RO:0004009	tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:64554)

Children of tryptophan catabolic process (GO:0006569)

subject	relation	object
tryptophanase activity (GO:0009034)	BFO:0000050	tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to acetyl-CoA (GO:0019442)	is_a	tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to catechol (GO:0019444)	is_a	tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to indole-3-acetate (GO:0019440)	is_a	tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine (GO:0019441)	is_a	tryptophan catabolic process