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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xylulose, the ketopentose threo-2-pentulose. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of monosaccharides, polyhydric alcohols containing either an aldehyde or a keto group and between three to ten or more carbon atoms. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pentose, any monosaccharide with a chain of five carbon atoms in the molecule. The chemical reactions and pathways involving xylulose, the ketopentose threo-2-pentulose. The chemical reactions and pathways involving a pentose, any monosaccharide with a chain of five carbon atoms in the molecule.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: xylulose catabolic process
Acc: GO:0005998
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of xylulose, the ketopentose threo-2-pentulose.
Synonyms:
  • xylulose degradation
  • xylulose breakdown
  • xylulose catabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 4 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0005998 - xylulose catabolic process (interactive image map)
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