Term Information

Accession

GO:0009057

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

alt_id: GO:0043285

exact: biopolymer catabolic process

exact: macromolecule breakdown

exact: macromolecule catabolism

exact: macromolecule degradation

Definition

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. [source: ChEBI:33694, GOC:mah]

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