Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
L-cysteine catabolic process
- Term ID
- GO:0019448
- Synonyms
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- L-cysteine breakdown
- L-cysteine catabolism
- L-cysteine degradation
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-cysteine, the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, i.e. (2R)-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid.
- References
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- MetaCyc:CYSTEINE-DEG-PWY
- MetaCyc:LCYSDEG-PWY
- MetaCyc:PWY-5329
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
Phenotype
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