Term Name: sulfur compound catabolic process
Synonyms: sulfur catabolic process, sulfur catabolism, sulfur compound breakdown, sulfur compound catabolism, sulfur compound degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044273]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: catabolic process sulfur compound metabolic process
has subtype: 2-aminobenzenesulfonate catabolic process 2-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA catabolic process 6-sulfoquinovose(1-) catabolic process acetyl-CoA catabolic process alkanesulfonate catabolic process benzoyl-CoA catabolic process biotin catabolic process cephalosporin C catabolic process cephamycin C catabolic process coenzyme A catabolic process dibenzothiophene catabolic process dimethylsulfoniopropionate catabolic process fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process gliotoxin catabolic process glutathione catabolic process glutathione derivative catabolic process leukotriene D4 catabolic process lipoate catabolic process malonyl-CoA catabolic process parathion catabolic process penicillin catabolic process pyochelin catabolic process S-adenosylhomocysteine catabolic process S-adenosylmethionine catabolic process S-glycoside catabolic process succinyl-CoA catabolic process sulfur amino acid catabolic process thiamine-containing compound catabolic process thiocyanate catabolic process toluene-4-sulfonate catabolic process