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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids of the aspartate family, comprising asparagine, aspartate, lysine, methionine and threonine. The chemical reactions and pathways involving amino acids of the aspartate family, comprising asparagine, aspartate, lysine, methionine and threonine. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lysine, 2,6-diaminohexanoic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-lysine, the L-enantiomer of (S)-2,6-diaminohexanoic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways involving lysine, 2,6-diaminohexanoic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of amino acids, organic acids containing one or more amino substituents. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of D-lysine, the D-enantiomer of lysine; i.e. (2R)-2,6-diaminohexanoic acid.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: lysine catabolic process
Acc: GO:0006554
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lysine, 2,6-diaminohexanoic acid.
Synonyms:
  • lysine catabolism
  • lysine breakdown
  • lysine degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 11 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006554 - lysine catabolic process (interactive image map)
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