id | GO:0051261   Detailed information |
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  name | protein depolymerization |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The process in which protein polymers, compounds composed of a large number of component monomers, are broken down. Depolymerization occurs by the successive removal of monomers from an existing poly- or oligomeric protein." [GOC:ai] |
  subset | goslim_pir |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0043624 ! cellular protein complex disassembly |