Term Name: L-amino acid catabolic process
Synonyms: L-amino acid breakdown, L-amino acid catabolism, L-amino acid degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an L-amino acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0170035]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: alpha-amino acid catabolic process L-amino acid metabolic process
has subtype: 3-cyano-L-alanine catabolic process aspartate family amino acid catabolic process discadenine catabolic process erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid catabolic process glutamine family amino acid catabolic process L-cysteine catabolic process L-histidine catabolic process L-kynurenine catabolic process L-ornithine catabolic process L-proline betaine catabolic process L-serine catabolic process N(omega),N(omega)-dimethyl-L-arginine catabolic process N(omega)-methyl-L-arginine catabolic process N-alpha,N-alpha,N-alpha-trimethyl-L-histidine catabolic process phosphoarginine catabolic process pyruvate family amino acid catabolic process S-adenosylhomocysteine catabolic process trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline catabolic process