peptide catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0043171

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptides, compounds of 2 or more (but usually less than 100) amino acids where the alpha carboxyl group of one is bound to the alpha amino group of another. [ GOC:jl ]

Synonyms: peptide degradation, peptide catabolism, peptide breakdown

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biological_process

GO:0043171

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Equivalent to:

catabolic process and has primary input some peptide

Subclass of:

peptide metabolic process
cellular catabolic process
organonitrogen compound catabolic process
has primary input some peptide