Category:GO:0006709 ! progesterone catabolic process

name: progesterone catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of progesterone, a steroid hormone produced in the ovary which prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy. Also found in plants." [GOC:jl, PMID:11392024]
synonym: "progesterone breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "progesterone catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "progesterone degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0008208 ! C21-steroid hormone catabolic process
is_a: GO:0042182 ! ketone catabolic process
is_a: GO:0042448 ! progesterone metabolic process
is_a: GO:0120256 ! olefinic compound catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006709</GOterm>
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