GO biological process ontology term - GO:0009310 - amine catabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0009310
- Name
- amine catabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any organic compound that is weakly basic in character and contains an amino or a substituted amino group. Amines are called primary, secondary, or tertiary according to whether one, two, or three carbon atoms are attached to the nitrogen atom.
