Category:GO:0015996 ! chlorophyll catabolic process

id: GO:0015996

name: chlorophyll catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chlorophyll, any compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment, into less complex products." [GOC:jl]
synonym: "chlorophyll breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "chlorophyll catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "chlorophyll degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006787 ! porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process
is_a: GO:0015994 ! chlorophyll metabolic process
is_a: GO:0046149 ! pigment catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0015996</GOterm>
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