Category:GO:0009310 ! amine catabolic process

name: amine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any organic compound that is weakly basic in character and contains an amino or a substituted amino group. Amines are called primary, secondary, or tertiary according to whether one, two, or three carbon atoms are attached to the nitrogen atom." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "amine breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "amine catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "amine degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0009056 ! catabolic process
is_a: GO:0009308 ! amine metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0009310</GOterm>
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