The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass. [ GOC:mah ]

Synonyms: biopolymer catabolic process macromolecule breakdown macromolecule degradation macromolecule catabolism

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Term information

Subsets

goslim_pir

has narrow synonym

multicellular organismal macromolecule catabolic process

has related synonym

cellular macromolecule catabolism

cellular macromolecule catabolic process

cellular macromolecule degradation

has alternative id

GO:0043285

GO:0044266

has obo namespace

biological_process

id

GO:0009057