Category:GO:0016118 ! carotenoid catabolic process

name: carotenoid catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "carotenoid breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "carotenoid catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "carotenoid degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0016110 ! tetraterpenoid catabolic process
is_a: GO:0016116 ! carotenoid metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0016118</GOterm>
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