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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of a monosaccharide (or derivative) by a ceramide group. The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingoids, any of a class of compounds comprising sphinganine and its homologues and stereoisomers, and derivatives of these compounds. The chemical reactions and pathways involving ceramides, any N-acylated sphingoid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid). The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ceramides, any N-acetylated sphingoid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingoids, any of a class of compounds comprising sphinganine and its homologues and stereoisomers, and derivatives of these compounds.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: ceramide catabolic process
Acc: GO:0046514
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ceramides, any N-acetylated sphingoid.
Synonyms:
  • ceramide degradation
  • ceramide breakdown
  • ceramide catabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 8 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 23 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0046514 - ceramide catabolic process (interactive image map)
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