polyketide catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0030640

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. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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