Term Information

Accession

GO:0006308

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

exact: DNA breakdown

exact: DNA catabolism

exact: DNA degradation

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways 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. [source: GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]

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External References

GenProtEC (2)

• 1.2.2
• 2.1.5

HAMAP (2)

• MF_00337
• MF_00378

InterPro (6)

• IPR003154
• IPR003753
• IPR003761
• IPR004475
• IPR008185
• IPR016202

JCVI_TIGRFAMS (2)

• TIGR00237
• TIGR01280

MIPS_funcat (2)

• 01.03.16
• 01.03.16.03

MultiFun (2)

• 1.2.2
• 2.1.5

Pfam (2)

• PF02265
• PF02609

PIRSF (3)

• PIRSF000988
• PIRSF006488
• PIRSF016275

PRINTS (1)

• PR00130

ProDom (1)

• PD028235

PROSITE (2)

• MF_00324
• MF_00337

SMART (1)

• SM00476

TIGR_role (1)

• 19030

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