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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group. The chemical reactions and pathways involving the phosphate group, the anion or salt of any phosphoric acid. The chemical reactions and pathways involving organophosphates, any phosphate-containing organic compound. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycerol-3-phosphate, a phosphoric monoester of glycerol. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol-3-phosphate, a phosphoric monoester of glycerol.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: glycerol-3-phosphate catabolic process
Acc: GO:0046168
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycerol-3-phosphate, a phosphoric monoester of glycerol.
Synonyms:
  • glycerol-3-phosphate breakdown
  • glycerol-3-phosphate degradation
  • glycerol-3-phosphate catabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 26 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 26 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0046168 - glycerol-3-phosphate catabolic process (interactive image map)
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