GO biological process ontology term - GO:0051596 - methylglyoxal catabolic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0051596

Name

methylglyoxal catabolic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of methylglyoxal, CH3-CO-CHO, the aldehyde of pyruvic acid.

Parents

• is_a methylglyoxal metabolic process
• is_a ketone catabolic process
• is_a aldehyde catabolic process
• is_a cellular detoxification of methylglyoxal

Annotation