| id | GO:0009115 Detailed information
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| name | xanthine catabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids." [GOC:go_curators]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "xanthine breakdown" EXACT []
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| synonym | "xanthine catabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "xanthine degradation" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006145 ! purine base catabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0046110 ! xanthine metabolic process
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