Term Name: sulfur compound catabolic process
Synonyms: sulfur catabolic process, sulfur catabolism, sulfur compound breakdown, sulfur compound catabolism, sulfur compound degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044273]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: cellular catabolic process sulfur compound metabolic process
has subtype: 2-aminobenzenesulfonate catabolic process 2-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA catabolic process 6-sulfoquinovose(1-) catabolic process acetyl-CoA catabolic process alkanesulfonate catabolic process benzoyl-CoA catabolic process biotin catabolic process cephalosporin C catabolic process cephamycin C catabolic process chondroitin sulfate catabolic process coenzyme A catabolic process dermatan sulfate catabolic process dibenzothiophene catabolic process dimethylsulfoniopropionate catabolic process fatty-acyl-CoA catabolic process gliotoxin catabolic process glutathione catabolic process glutathione derivative catabolic process heparan sulfate proteoglycan catabolic process heparin catabolic process keratan sulfate catabolic process leukotriene D4 catabolic process lipoate catabolic process malonyl-CoA catabolic process parathion catabolic process penicillin catabolic process pyochelin catabolic process S-adenosylhomocysteine catabolic process S-adenosylmethionine catabolic process S-glycoside catabolic process succinyl-CoA catabolic process sulfur amino acid catabolic process thiamine-containing compound catabolic process thiocyanate catabolic process toluene-4-sulfonate catabolic process