protein catabolic process

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

cellular protein degradation

cellular protein breakdown

protein catabolism

protein degradation

cellular protein catabolic process

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Term information

Subsets

goslim_generic, goslim_drosophila, prokaryote_subset, goslim_pombe, goslim_candida

comment
  • 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 alternative id
  • GO:0044254
  • GO:0044257
has narrow synonym
  • multicellular organismal protein catabolic process
has obo namespace
  • biological_process
has related synonym
  • pheromone catabolic process
  • pheromone catabolism
id
  • GO:0030163
term tracker item
  • https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/23112