Category:GO:0009166 ! nucleotide catabolic process

name: nucleotide catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nucleotides, any nucleoside that is esterified with (ortho)phosphate or an oligophosphate at any hydroxyl group on the glycose moiety; may be mono-, di- or triphosphate; this definition includes cyclic-nucleotides (nucleoside cyclic phosphates)." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "nucleotide breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "nucleotide catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "nucleotide degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0009117 ! nucleotide metabolic process
is_a: GO:1901292 ! nucleoside phosphate catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0009166</GOterm>
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