GO biological process ontology term - GO:0000272 - polysaccharide catabolic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0000272

Name

polysaccharide catabolic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically.

Parents

• is_a polysaccharide metabolic process
• is_a macromolecule catabolic process
• is_a carbohydrate catabolic process

Annotation