AmiGO 2: Term Details for "digestion" (GO:0007586)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0007586
Name: digestion
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The whole of the physical, chemical, and biochemical processes carried out by multicellular organisms to break down ingested nutrients into components that may be easily absorbed and directed into metabolism. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:isa_complete
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0007586 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_chembl; goslim_pir
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to digestion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to digestion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for digestion (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0032501 multicellular organismal process
GO:0007586 digestion
UBERON:0001970 bile
GO:0022600 digestive system process
UBERON:0000017 exocrine pancreas
GO:0044241 lipid digestion
GO:0044245 polysaccharide digestion
GO:0044256 protein digestion
UBERON:0001836 saliva

Parents of digestion (GO:0007586)

subject	relation	object
digestion	is_a	multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501)

Children of digestion (GO:0007586)

subject	relation	object
protein digestion (GO:0044256)	is_a	digestion
chyme (UBERON:0000910)	RO:0002353	digestion
lipid digestion (GO:0044241)	is_a	digestion
chyle (UBERON:0000911)	RO:0002353	digestion
digestive system process (GO:0022600)	BFO:0000050	digestion
exocrine pancreas (UBERON:0000017)	RO:0002216	digestion
bile (UBERON:0001970)	RO:0002216	digestion
polysaccharide digestion (GO:0044245)	is_a	digestion
saliva (UBERON:0001836)	RO:0002216	digestion

Wikipedia: Digestion