Category:GO:0006209 ! cytosine catabolic process

name: cytosine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cytosine, 4-amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine, a pyrimidine derivative that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids; it occurs widely in cytidine derivatives." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "cytosine breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "cytosine catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "cytosine degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006208 ! pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process
is_a: GO:0019858 ! cytosine metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006209</GOterm>
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