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The chemical reactions and pathways involving uracil, 2,4-dioxopyrimidine, one of the pyrimidine bases occurring in RNA, but not in DNA. 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 uracil, 2,4-dioxopyrimidine, one of the pyrimidine bases occurring in RNA, but not in DNA. The chemical reactions and pathways involving pyrimidine bases, 1,3-diazine, organic nitrogenous bases. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of pyrimidine bases, 1,3-diazine, organic nitrogenous bases.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: uracil catabolic process
Acc: GO:0006212
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of uracil, 2,4-dioxopyrimidine, one of the pyrimidine bases occurring in RNA, but not in DNA.
Synonyms:
  • uracil breakdown
  • uracil catabolism
  • uracil degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 6 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 6 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006212 - uracil catabolic process (interactive image map)
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