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Accession
GO:0006593
Name
ornithine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
ornithine breakdown, ornithine catabolism, ornithine degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis. Source: GOC:jl, ISBN:0192801023
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History
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Chem. react.
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Parents of ornithine catabolic process (GO:0006593)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ornithine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  ornithine metabolic process (GO:0006591)
ornithine catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  ornithinium(1+) (CHEBI:46912)
ornithine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  alpha-amino acid catabolic process (GO:1901606)
ornithine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  non-proteinogenic amino acid catabolic process (GO:0170044)
Children of ornithine catabolic process (GO:0006593)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ornithine catabolic process, by decarboxylation (GO:0019467) [is_a relation] is_a  ornithine catabolic process
positive regulation of ornithine catabolic process (GO:1903268) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  ornithine catabolic process
regulation of ornithine catabolic process (GO:1903266) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  ornithine catabolic process
negative regulation of ornithine catabolic process (GO:1903267) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  ornithine catabolic process
ornithine catabolic process via proline (GO:0019466) [is_a relation] is_a  ornithine catabolic process
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