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Accession
GO:0019484
Name
beta-alanine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
beta-alanine breakdown, beta-alanine catabolism, beta-alanine degradation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
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Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of beta-alanine catabolic process (GO:0019484)
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beta-alanine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino acid catabolic process (GO:0009063)
beta-alanine catabolic process [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  beta-alanine zwitterion (CHEBI:57966)
beta-alanine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  beta-alanine metabolic process (GO:0019482)
beta-alanine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  non-proteinogenic amino acid catabolic process (GO:0170044)
Children of beta-alanine catabolic process (GO:0019484)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
beta-alanine catabolic process to mevalonate semialdehyde, by transamination (GO:0019486) [is_a relation] is_a  beta-alanine catabolic process
beta-alanine catabolic process to L-alanine (GO:0019485) [is_a relation] is_a  beta-alanine catabolic process
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