| id | GO:0006145 Detailed information
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| name | purine base catabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine." [GOC:go_curators]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "purine base breakdown" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine base catabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine base degradation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "purine nucleobase catabolic process" EXACT [CHEBI:26386]
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| is_a | GO:0006144 ! purine base metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0046113 ! nucleobase catabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0072523 ! purine-containing compound catabolic process
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