Category:GO:0051872 ! sphingosine catabolic process

name: sphingosine catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues." [GOC:ai]
synonym: "(4E)-sphing-4-enine catabolic process" EXACT []
synonym: "(4E)-sphing-4-enine catabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "sphing-4-enine catabolic process" EXACT []
synonym: "sphing-4-enine catabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006670 ! sphingosine metabolic process
is_a: GO:0034313 ! diol catabolic process
is_a: GO:0046521 ! sphingoid catabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0051872</GOterm>
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