Term Name: polyketide catabolic process
Synonyms: polyketide breakdown, polyketide catabolism, polyketide degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of polyketides, any of a diverse group of natural products synthesized via linear poly-beta-ketones, which are themselves formed by repetitive head-to-tail addition of acetyl (or substituted acetyl) units indirectly derived from acetate (or a substituted acetate) by a mechanism similar to that for fatty acid biosynthesis but without the intermediate reductive steps.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030640]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: polyketide metabolic process secondary metabolite catabolic process
has subtype: asperfuranone catabolic process aspyridone A catabolic process aspyridone B catabolic process averantin catabolic process daunorubicin catabolic process enterobactin catabolic process erythromycin catabolic process F-9775A catabolic process F-9775B catabolic process fonsecin catabolic process granaticin catabolic process neosartoricin catabolic process oxytetracycline catabolic process tetracenomycin C catabolic process