polysaccharide catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000272

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33139480 ]

Synonyms: polysaccharide breakdown, polysaccharide degradation, polysaccharide catabolism

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has alternative id

GO:0044244

has narrow synonym

multicellular organismal polysaccharide catabolic process

has obo namespace

biological_process

GO:0000272

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Equivalent to:

catabolic process and has primary input some polysaccharide

Subclass of:

carbohydrate catabolic process
polysaccharide metabolic process
macromolecule catabolic process
has primary input some polysaccharide