id | GO:0009057   Detailed information |
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  name | macromolecule catabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  alt_id | GO:0043285 |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass." [CHEBI:33694, GOC:mah] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0009056 ! catabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0043170 ! macromolecule metabolic process |