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Accession
GO:0009253
Name
peptidoglycan catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
murein catabolic process, murein catabolism, peptidoglycan breakdown, peptidoglycan catabolism, peptidoglycan degradation
Alternate IDs
GO:0009286
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found in bacterial cell walls. Source: http://www.dsmz.de/species/murein.htm, ISBN:0198506732
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Parents of peptidoglycan catabolic process (GO:0009253)
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peptidoglycan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  peptidoglycan metabolic process (GO:0000270)
peptidoglycan catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  peptidoglycan (CHEBI:8005)
peptidoglycan catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycosaminoglycan catabolic process (GO:0006027)

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