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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. The chemical reactions and pathways involving sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. The chemical reactions and pathways involving cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. It is a component of the plasma membrane lipid bilayer and of plasma lipoproteins and can be found in all animal tissues.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cholesterol catabolic process
Acc: GO:0006707
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones.
Synonyms:
  • cholesterol breakdown
  • cholesterol catabolism
  • cholesterol degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 14 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 14 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006707 - cholesterol catabolic process (interactive image map)
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