Term Name: protein catabolic process
Synonyms: cellular protein breakdown, cellular protein catabolic process, cellular protein catabolism, cellular protein degradation, multicellular organismal protein catabolic process, pheromone catabolic process, pheromone catabolism, protein breakdown, protein catabolism, protein degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a protein by the destruction of the native, active configuration, with or without the hydrolysis of peptide bonds.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030163]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: prosthetic group catabolic process proteolysis involved in protein catabolic process
is a type of: macromolecule catabolic process protein metabolic process
has subtype: chaperone-mediated autophagy epidermal growth factor catabolic process glycoprotein catabolic process hemoglobin catabolic process histone catabolic process insulin catabolic process lipoprotein catabolic process low-density lipoprotein particle receptor catabolic process lysosomal protein catabolic process mitochondrial protein catabolic process proteasomal protein catabolic process protein catabolic process at synapse protein catabolic process in the vacuole protein denaturation PSII associated light-harvesting complex II catabolic process rhodopsin catabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of protein catabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of protein catabolic process
regulated by: regulation of protein catabolic process