| id | GO:0006308 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | DNA catabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The cellular DNA metabolic process resulting in the breakdown of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long unbranched macromolecule formed from one or two strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides, the 3'-phosphate group of each constituent deoxyribonucleotide being joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the deoxyribose moiety of the next one." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732] |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| is_a | GO:0006259 ! DNA metabolic process |
| is_a | GO:0044265 ! cellular macromolecule catabolic process |