carotenoid catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0016118

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 ]

Synonyms: carotenoid breakdown, carotenoid degradation, carotenoid catabolism

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biological_process

GO:0016118

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Equivalent to:

catabolic process and has primary input some carotenoid

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tetraterpenoid catabolic process
carotenoid metabolic process
has primary input some carotenoid