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Accession
GO:0006569
Name
L-tryptophan catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
tryptophan breakdown, tryptophan catabolism, tryptophan degradation, tryptophan catabolic process, tryptophan catabolic process, using tryptophanase, tryptophan catabolism, using tryptophanase
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid. Source: ISBN:0198547684
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History
See term history for GO:0006569 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of L-tryptophan catabolic process (GO:0006569)
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L-tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  L-tryptophan metabolic process (GO:0006568)
L-tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  aromatic amino acid family catabolic process (GO:0009074)
L-tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  indole-containing compound catabolic process (GO:0042436)
L-tryptophan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid catabolic process (GO:1902222)
L-tryptophan catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:57912)
Children of L-tryptophan catabolic process (GO:0006569)
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L-tryptophan catabolic process to acetyl-CoA (GO:0019442) [is_a relation] is_a  L-tryptophan catabolic process
L-tryptophan catabolic process to indole-3-acetate (GO:0019440) [is_a relation] is_a  L-tryptophan catabolic process
tryptophanase activity (GO:0009034) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  L-tryptophan catabolic process
L-tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine (GO:0019441) [is_a relation] is_a  L-tryptophan catabolic process
Reactome
R-HSA-71240