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The chemical reactions and pathways involving purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine. The chemical reactions and pathways involving xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a nucleobase, a nitrogenous base that is a constituent of a nucleic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids. The oxidation of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: xanthine catabolic process
Acc: GO:0009115
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids.
Synonyms:
  • xanthine catabolism
  • xanthine breakdown
  • xanthine degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 6 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0009115 - xanthine catabolic process (interactive image map)
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