Term Name: purine nucleotide catabolic process
Synonyms: purine nucleotide breakdown, purine nucleotide catabolism, purine nucleotide degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a purine nucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a purine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3' or 5'-hydroxyl group of the sugar.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006195]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: nucleotide catabolic process purine nucleotide metabolic process purine-containing compound catabolic process
has subtype: NAD catabolic process NADP catabolic process purine deoxyribonucleotide catabolic process purine ribonucleotide catabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of purine nucleotide catabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of purine nucleotide catabolic process
regulated by: regulation of purine nucleotide catabolic process