| id | GO:0006032 Detailed information
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| name | chitin catabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of P-1,4-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine catabolic process" EXACT []
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| synonym | "beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine catabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin breakdown" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin catabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "chitin degradation" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006026 ! aminoglycan catabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0006030 ! chitin metabolic process
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