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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aromatic compounds, any substance containing an aromatic carbon ring. The chemical reactions and pathways involving tyrosine, an aromatic amino acid, 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tyrosine into other compounds, including fumarate. The chemical reactions and pathways involving aromatic amino acid family, amino acids with aromatic ring (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan). The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aromatic amino acid family, amino acids with aromatic ring (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan). The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tyrosine, an aromatic amino acid, 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic 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 tyrosine into other compounds, including phosphoenolpyruvate.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: tyrosine catabolic process
Acc: GO:0006572
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of tyrosine, an aromatic amino acid, 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid.
Synonyms:
  • tyrosine breakdown
  • tyrosine catabolism
  • tyrosine degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 24 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 24 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006572 - tyrosine catabolic process (interactive image map)
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