L-cysteine catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0019448

Synonyms

L-cysteine breakdown
L-cysteine catabolism
L-cysteine degradation

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-cysteine, the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, i.e. (2R)-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

is a type of: cysteine catabolic process L-cysteine metabolic process serine family amino acid catabolic process

cysteine catabolic process L-cysteine metabolic process serine family amino acid catabolic process Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: L-cysteine catabolic process to hypotaurine L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate L-cysteine catabolic process to taurine L-cysteine catabolic process via cystine

L-cysteine catabolic process to hypotaurine L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate L-cysteine catabolic process to taurine L-cysteine catabolic process via cystine Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes