sulfur compound catabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0044273

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione. [ GOC:jl ]

Synonyms: sulfur compound degradation, sulfur compound catabolism, sulfur compound breakdown

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sulfur catabolism, sulfur catabolic process

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biological_process

GO:0044273

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Equivalent to:

catabolic process and has primary input some sulfur molecular entity

Subclass of:

cellular catabolic process
sulfur compound metabolic process
has primary input some sulfur molecular entity