Term Name: glycogen catabolic process
Synonyms: glycogen breakdown, glycogen catabolism, glycogen degradation, glycogenolysis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0005980]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: glucan catabolic process glycogen metabolic process
has subtype: glycophagy
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of glycogen catabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of glycogen catabolic process
regulated by: regulation of glycogen catabolic process