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Term Information

Accession
GO:0019529
Name
taurine catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
taurine breakdown, taurine catabolism, taurine degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid), a sulphur-containing amino acid derivative important in the metabolism of fats. Source: ISBN:0198600461, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0019529 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of taurine catabolic process (GO:0019529)
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taurine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  alkanesulfonate catabolic process (GO:0046306)
taurine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  taurine metabolic process (GO:0019530)
taurine catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound catabolic process (GO:1901565)

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MetaCyc
TAURINEDEG-PWY