Category:GO:0046141 ! corrin catabolic process

name: corrin catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of corrin, C19H22N4, the fundamental heterocyclic skeleton of the corrinoids. It consists of four reduced pyrrole rings joined into a macrocyclic ring. Corrin is the core of the vitamin B12 molecule." [GOC:ai]
synonym: "corrin breakdown" EXACT []
synonym: "corrin catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "corrin degradation" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0015009 ! corrin metabolic process
is_a: GO:0033015 ! tetrapyrrole catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0046141</GOterm>
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