Category:GO:0000947 ! amino acid catabolic process to alcohol via Ehrlich pathway

name: amino acid catabolic process to alcohol via Ehrlich pathway
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving the catabolism of amino acids to produce alcohols with one carbon less than the starting amino acid. In S. cerevisiae, this is known to occur for leucine, isoleucine, valine, methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, or tryptophan. Often referred to as the Ehrlich pathway, these reactions generally occur during fermentation to produce a variety of alcohols, often collectively referred to as fusel alcohols. Depending on the redox state of the cells, carboxylic acid derivatives may be produced instead of alcohols." [GOC:krc, PMID:18281432]
is_a: GO:0000955 ! amino acid catabolic process via Ehrlich pathway
is_a: GO:0046165 ! alcohol biosynthetic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0000947</GOterm>
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