beta-alanine catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0019484

Synonyms

• beta-alanine breakdown
• beta-alanine catabolism
• beta-alanine degradation

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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