Category:GO:0006593 ! ornithine catabolic process

id: GO:0006593

name: ornithine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0192801023]
synonym: "ornithine breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "ornithine catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "ornithine degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006591 ! ornithine metabolic process
is_a: GO:0170044 ! non-proteinogenic amino acid catabolic process
is_a: GO:1901606 ! alpha-amino acid catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006593</GOterm>
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