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macromolecule catabolic process
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0009057
Term info
Label
macromolecule catabolic process
Subsets
goslim_pir
definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.
has exact synonym
biopolymer catabolic process, macromolecule breakdown, macromolecule degradation, macromolecule catabolism
has alternative id
GO:0043285, GO:0044266
has narrow synonym
multicellular organismal macromolecule catabolic process
has obo namespace
biological_process
id
GO:0009057
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl