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Accession
GO:0016127
Name
sterol catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sterol breakdown, sterol catabolism, sterol degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0016127 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of sterol catabolic process (GO:0016127)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
sterol catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  sterol (CHEBI:15889)
sterol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process (GO:0016125)
sterol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  steroid catabolic process (GO:0006706)
sterol catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic hydroxy compound catabolic process (GO:1901616)
Children of sterol catabolic process (GO:0016127)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ecdysone catabolic process (GO:0006708) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol catabolic process
cholesterol catabolic process (GO:0006707) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol catabolic process
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