Term Name: glycine catabolic process
Synonyms: glycine breakdown, glycine catabolism, glycine degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycine, aminoethanoic acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006546]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: glycine metabolic process proteinogenic amino acid catabolic process serine family amino acid catabolic process
has subtype: anaerobic glycine catabolic process glycine catabolic process to isobutanol glycine decarboxylation via glycine cleavage system