Term Name: arginine catabolic process
Synonyms: arginine breakdown, arginine catabolism, arginine degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of arginine, 2-amino-5-(carbamimidamido)pentanoic acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006527]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: arginine metabolic process glutamine family amino acid catabolic process
has subtype: arginine catabolic process to alanine via ornithine arginine catabolic process to glutamate arginine catabolic process to ornithine arginine catabolic process to proline arginine catabolic process to spermine arginine catabolic process to succinate arginine deiminase pathway
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of arginine catabolic process
regulated by: regulation of arginine catabolic process