ommochrome catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0046153

Synonyms

• ommochrome breakdown
• ommochrome catabolism
• ommochrome degradation

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in the Arthropoda, particularly in the ommatidia of the compound eye. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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