| id | GO:0006508 Detailed information
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| name | proteolysis
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The hydrolysis of proteins into smaller polypeptides and/or amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds." [GOC:bf, GOC:mah]
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| comment | This term was intentionally placed under 'protein metabolic process ; GO:0019538' rather than 'protein catabolic process ; GO:0030163' to cover all processes centered on breaking peptide bonds, including those involved in protein maturation.
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| subset | goslim_pir
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| is_a | GO:0019538 ! protein metabolic process
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