Category:GO:0033393 ! homogalacturonan catabolic process

name: homogalacturonan catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of homogalacturonan, a pectidic polymer, characterized by a backbone of 1,4-linked alpha-D-GalpA residues that can be methyl-esterified at C-6 and carry acetyl groups on O-2 and O-3." [GOC:mah]
synonym: "homogalacturonan breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "homogalacturonan catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "homogalacturonan degradation" EXACT []
xref: MetaCyc:PWY-1081
is_a: GO:0000272 ! polysaccharide catabolic process
is_a: GO:0010394 ! homogalacturonan metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0033393</GOterm>
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