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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
chondroitin sulfate catabolic process  
dermatan sulfate catabolic process  
galactosaminoglycan catabolic process 
heparin catabolic process  
hyaluronan catabolic process  
keratan sulfate catabolic process  
peptidoglycan biosynthetic process +  
peptidoglycan catabolic process  
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found in bacterial cell walls.
peptidoglycan turnover  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: murein catabolic process ;   murein catabolism ;   peptidoglycan breakdown ;   peptidoglycan catabolism ;   peptidoglycan degradation
Alternate IDs: GO:0009286
Definition Sources: http://www.dsmz.de/species/murein.htm, ISBN:0198506732

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