protein catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0030163

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by the destruction of the native, active configuration, with or without the hydrolysis of peptide bonds. [ GOC:mah ]

Synonyms: protein breakdown, cellular protein catabolism, protein catabolism, cellular protein breakdown, cellular protein degradation, cellular protein catabolic process, protein degradation

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Wikipedia:Protein_catabolism

Subsets

goslim_generic, goslim_drosophila, prokaryote_subset, goslim_pombe, goslim_candida

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This term refers to the breakdown of mature proteins. For cleavage events involved in generating a mature protein from a precursor, consider instead the term 'protein maturation ; GO:0051604' and its children.

has related synonym

pheromone catabolic process, pheromone catabolism

has alternative id

GO:0044254, GO:0044257

has narrow synonym

multicellular organismal protein catabolic process

has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0030163

term tracker item

https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/23112