glycoprotein catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0006516

Synonyms

• glycoprotein breakdown
• glycoprotein catabolism
• glycoprotein degradation

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a glycoprotein, a protein that contains covalently bound glycose (i.e. monosaccharide) residues; the glycose occurs most commonly as oligosaccharide or fairly small polysaccharide but occasionally as monosaccharide. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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