The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.
macromolecule modification +
mannogen catabolic process
negative regulation of macromolecule metabolic process +
nucleic acid metabolic process +
olefinic compound catabolic process +
organic acid catabolic process +
organic cyclic compound catabolic process +
organic hydroxy compound catabolic process +
organomercury catabolic process +
organonitrogen compound catabolic process +
organophosphate catabolic process +
organosilicon catabolic process +
polyketide catabolic process +
polysaccharide metabolic process +
positive regulation of macromolecule metabolic process +