GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006195 - purine nucleotide catabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006195
- Name
- purine nucleotide catabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a purine nucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a purine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar.
