Category:GO:0006147 ! guanine catabolic process

name: guanine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "guanine breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "guanine catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "guanine degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006145 ! purine nucleobase catabolic process
is_a: GO:0046098 ! guanine metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006147</GOterm>
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