primary alcohol catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0034310

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of primary alcohols. A primary alcohol is any alcohol in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has either three hydrogen atoms attached to it or only one other carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms attached to it. [ GOC:mah ]

Synonyms: primary alcohol degradation, primary alcohol breakdown, primary alcohol catabolism, monohydric alcohol catabolic process

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biological_process

GO:0034310

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catabolic process and has primary input some primary alcohol

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alcohol catabolic process
primary alcohol metabolic process
has primary input some primary alcohol