GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006145 - purine nucleobase catabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006145
- Name
- purine nucleobase catabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.
