id | GO:0009450   Detailed information |
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  name | gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 4-aminobutyrate), an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in some organisms." [GOC:ai] |
  comment | See also the biological process term 'neurotransmitter catabolic process ; GO:0042135'. |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "4-aminobutanoate catabolic process" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "4-aminobutanoate catabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "4-aminobutyrate catabolic process" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "4-aminobutyrate catabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "GABA catabolic process" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "GABA catabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "gamma-aminobutyric acid breakdown" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "gamma-aminobutyric acid degradation" EXACT [] |
  xref | MetaCyc:4AMINOBUTMETAB-PWY |
  is_a | GO:0009063 ! cellular amino acid catabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0009448 ! gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process |
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