Category:GO:0009057 ! macromolecule catabolic process

name: macromolecule catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
alt_id:GO:0043285
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass." [CHEBI:33694, GOC:mah]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "biopolymer catabolic process" EXACT [GOC:mtg_chebi_dec09]
synonym: "macromolecule breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "macromolecule catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "macromolecule degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0009056 ! catabolic process
is_a: GO:0043170 ! macromolecule metabolic process

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 11 child terms, out of 11 total.