The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chondroitin sulfate, any member of a group of 10-60 kDa glycosaminoglycans, widely distributed in cartilage and other mammalian connective tissues, the repeat units of which consist of beta-(1,4)-linked D-glucuronyl beta-(1,3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine sulfate.
dermatan sulfate catabolic process
dibenzothiophene catabolic process
dimethylsulfoniopropionate catabolic process
fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process +
galactosaminoglycan catabolic process
gliotoxin catabolic process
glutathione catabolic process
glutathione derivative catabolic process +
glycosinolate catabolic process +
heparin catabolic process
hyaluronan catabolic process
keratan sulfate catabolic process
leukotriene D4 catabolic process
lipoate catabolic process
malonyl-CoA catabolic process
parathion catabolic process
penicillin catabolic process +
peptide cross-linking via chondroitin 4-sulfate glycosaminoglycan
peptidoglycan catabolic process +
propionyl-CoA catabolic process
protein-chondroitin sulfate linkage via chondroitin sulfate D-glucuronyl-D-galactosyl-D-galactosyl-D-xylosyl-L-serine