Category:GO:0006508 ! proteolysis

name: proteolysis
namespace: biological_process
def: "The hydrolysis of proteins into smaller polypeptides and/or amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds." [GOC:bf, GOC:mah]
comment: This term was intentionally placed under 'protein metabolic process ; GO:0019538' rather than 'protein catabolic process ; GO:0030163' to cover all processes centered on breaking peptide bonds, including those involved in protein processing.
subset: goslim_chembl
subset: goslim_metagenomics
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "ATP-dependent proteolysis" NARROW [GOC:mah]
synonym: "peptidolysis" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Proteolysis
is_a: GO:0019538 ! protein metabolic process

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