Term Information

Accession

GO:0051261

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

exact: protein polymer breakdown

exact: protein polymer catabolic process

exact: protein polymer catabolism

exact: protein polymer degradation

Definition

The process by 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. [source: GOC:ai]

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Subset

• goslim_pir
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