thymine catabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of thymine, 5-methyluracil, one of the two major pyrimidine bases present (as thymidine) in DNA but not found in RNA other than (as ribothymidine) in transfer RNA, where it is a minor base.
GO:0006208
pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process
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GO:0019859
thymine metabolic process
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thymine breakdown
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thymine catabolism
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thymine degradation
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