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The chemical reactions and pathways occurring at the level of individual cells resulting in the breakdown of biogenic amines, any of a group of naturally occurring, biologically active amines, such as norepinephrine, histamine, and serotonin, many of which act as neurotransmitters. The chemical reactions and pathways involving monocarboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one carboxyl (COOH) group or anion (COO-). The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of a diverse group of vitamins that are soluble in water. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any betaine, the N-trimethyl derivative of an amino acid. The chemical reactions and pathways involving carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane. The chemical reactions and pathways involving any betaine, the N-trimethyl derivative of an amino acid. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: carnitine catabolic process
Acc: GO:0042413
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Synonyms:
  • carnitine breakdown
  • vitamin Bt catabolic process
  • carnitine catabolism
  • vitamin Bt catabolism
  • carnitine degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0042413 - carnitine catabolic process (interactive image map)
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