small molecule catabolic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of small molecules, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule. [ GOC : curators GOC : vw ]

Synonyms:

small molecule catabolism

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Term information

comment
  • Small molecules in GO include monosaccharides but exclude disaccharides and polysaccharides.
creation date
  • 2010-01-26T12:06:10Z
has obo namespace
  • biological_process
id
  • GO:0044282