GO biological process ontology term - GO:0046294 - formaldehyde catabolic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0046294

Name

formaldehyde catabolic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of formaldehyde (methanal, H2C=O), the simplest aldehyde.

Parents

• is_a small molecule catabolic process
• is_a aldehyde catabolic process
• is_a formaldehyde metabolic process
• is_a cellular detoxification of aldehyde

Annotation