D-glucosamine catabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxyglucopyranose), an aminodeoxysugar that occurs in combined form in chitin.
GO:0006041
D-glucosamine metabolic process
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GO:1901072
glucosamine-containing compound catabolic process
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chitosamine catabolic process
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chitosamine catabolism
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glucosamine breakdown
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glucosamine catabolic process
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glucosamine catabolism
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glucosamine degradation
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