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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of urea, the water soluble compound O=C-(NH2)2. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of small molecules, any monomeric molecule of small relative molecular mass. The chemical reactions and pathways involving urea, the water soluble compound O=C-(NH2)2, produced in the liver by the ornithine cycle. It is the main nitrogen-containing excretion product in ureotelic animals. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, including the breakdown of carbon compounds with the liberation of energy for use by the cell or organism. The chemical reactions and pathways involving small molecules, any monomeric molecule of small relative molecular mass. The chemical reactions and pathways involving an amide, any derivative of an oxoacid in which an acidic hydroxy group has been replaced by an amino or substituted amino group, as carried out by individual cells. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of urea. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an amide, any derivative of an oxoacid in which an acidic hydroxy group has been replaced by an amino or substituted amino group.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: urea catabolic process
Acc: GO:0043419
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of urea, the water soluble compound O=C-(NH2)2.
Synonyms:
  • urea catabolism
  • urea breakdown
  • urea degradation
  • urea decomposition
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 2 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0043419 - urea catabolic process (interactive image map)
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