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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monohydric alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing a single hydroxyl group attached to a saturated carbon atom. The chemical reactions and pathways involving ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation. The chemical reactions and pathways involving alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one hydroxyl group attached to a saturated carbon atom. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a saturated carbon atom.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: ethanol catabolic process
Acc: GO:0006068
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation.
Synonyms:
  • ethanol catabolism
  • ethanol breakdown
  • ethanol degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 6 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 6 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006068 - ethanol catabolic process (interactive image map)
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