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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a diol, any alcohol containing two hydroxyl groups attached to saturated carbon atoms. The chemical reactions and pathways involving protocatechuate, the anion of protocatechuic acid (3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid). The chemical reactions and pathways involving monocarboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one carboxyl (COOH) group or anion (COO-). The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of catechol, a compound containing a pyrocatechol nucleus or substituent. The chemical reactions and pathways involving a compound containing a pyrocatechol (1,2-benzenediol) nucleus or substituent. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, to yield beta-ketoadipate. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, to yield oxaloacetate and pyruvate.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: protocatechuate catabolic process
Acc: GO:0019619
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid.
Synonyms:
  • protocatechuate catabolism
  • protocatechuate degradation
  • protocatechuate breakdown
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 17 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 17 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0019619 - protocatechuate catabolic process (interactive image map)
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