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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycolate, the anion of hydroxyethanoic acid (glycolic acid). 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 glycolate, the anion of hydroxyethanoic acid (glycolic acid). The chemical reactions and pathways involving alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a saturated carbon atom. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of small molecules, any monomeric molecule of small relative molecular mass. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a saturated carbon atom. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic acids, any acidic compound containing carbon in covalent linkage. The chemical reactions and pathways involving carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (COOH) groups or anions (COO-). The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: glycolate catabolic process
Acc: GO:0046296
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycolate, the anion of hydroxyethanoic acid (glycolic acid).
Synonyms:
  • glycolate catabolism
  • glycolate breakdown
  • glycolate degradation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 5 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 5 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0046296 - glycolate catabolic process (interactive image map)
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