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GO: Biological Process
primary alcohol catabolic process
- Term ID
- GO:0034310
- Synonyms
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- monohydric alcohol catabolic process
- primary alcohol breakdown
- primary alcohol catabolism
- primary alcohol degradation
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of primary alcohols. A primary alcohol is any alcohol in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has either three hydrogen atoms attached to it or only one other carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms attached to it.
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
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