| GO term | GO name | GO namespace | GO def |
| GO:1901575 | organic substance catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of an organic substance, any molecular entity containing carbon. [GOC:pr, GOC:TermGenie] |
| GO:0004518 | nuclease activity | molecular_function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids. [ISBN:0198547684] |
| GO:0044237 | cellular metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways by which individual cells transform chemical substances. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0005576 | extracellular region | cellular_component | The space external to the outermost structure of a cell. For cells without external protective or external encapsulating structures this refers to space outside of the plasma membrane. This term covers the host cell environment outside an intracellular parasite. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0004519 | endonuclease activity | molecular_function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids by creating internal breaks. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198547684] |
| GO:0006139 | nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process | biological_process | Any cellular metabolic process involving nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0006725 | cellular aromatic compound metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving aromatic compounds, any organic compound characterized by one or more planar rings, each of which contains conjugated double bonds and delocalized pi electrons, as carried out by individual cells. [GOC:ai, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0043170 | macromolecule metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving macromolecules, 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] |
| GO:0046483 | heterocycle metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving heterocyclic compounds, those with a cyclic molecular structure and at least two different atoms in the ring (or rings). [ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0016787 | hydrolase activity | molecular_function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of various bonds, e.g. C-O, C-N, C-C, phosphoric anhydride bonds, etc. Hydrolase is the systematic name for any enzyme of EC class 3. [ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0019439 | aromatic compound catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of aromatic compounds, any substance containing an aromatic carbon ring. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0004536 | deoxyribonuclease activity | molecular_function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within deoxyribonucleic acid. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198547684] |
| GO:0046700 | heterocycle catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of heterocyclic compounds, those with a cyclic molecular structure and at least two different atoms in the ring (or rings). [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0034641 | cellular nitrogen compound metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving various organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds, as carried out by individual cells. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0006308 | DNA catabolic process | biological_process | The cellular DNA metabolic process resulting in the breakdown of DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long unbranched macromolecule formed from one or two strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides, the 3'-phosphate group of each constituent deoxyribonucleotide being joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage to the 5'-hydroxyl group of the deoxyribose moiety of the next one. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0071704 | organic substance metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving an organic substance, any molecular entity containing carbon. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0044270 | cellular nitrogen compound catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic and inorganic nitrogenous compounds. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0044238 | primary metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving those compounds which are formed as a part of the normal anabolic and catabolic processes. These processes take place in most, if not all, cells of the organism. [GOC:go_curators, http://www.metacyc.org] |
| GO:0016788 | hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds | molecular_function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of any ester bond. [GOC:jl] |
| GO:0006807 | nitrogen compound metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving organic or inorganic compounds that contain nitrogen. [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0005764 | lysosome | cellular_component | A small lytic vacuole that has cell cycle-independent morphology found in most animal cells and that contains a variety of hydrolases, most of which have their maximal activities in the pH range 5-6. The contained enzymes display latency if properly isolated. About 40 different lysosomal hydrolases are known and lysosomes have a great variety of morphologies and functions. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0003824 | catalytic activity | molecular_function | Catalysis of a biochemical reaction at physiological temperatures. In biologically catalyzed reactions, the reactants are known as substrates, and the catalysts are naturally occurring macromolecular substances known as enzymes. Enzymes possess specific binding sites for substrates, and are usually composed wholly or largely of protein, but RNA that has catalytic activity (ribozyme) is often also regarded as enzymatic. [GOC:vw, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0000737 | DNA catabolic process, endonucleolytic | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of DNA, involving the hydrolysis of internal 3',5'-phosphodiester bonds in one or two strands of deoxyribonucleotides. [GOC:elh, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0009056 | catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, including the breakdown of carbon compounds with the liberation of energy for use by the cell or organism. [ISBN:0198547684] |
| GO:0009987 | cellular process | biological_process | Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:isa_complete] |
| GO:0044265 | cellular macromolecule catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a macromolecule, any large molecule including proteins, nucleic acids and carbohydrates, as carried out by individual cells. [GOC:jl] |
| GO:0009057 | macromolecule catabolic process | biological_process | 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] |
| GO:0044260 | cellular macromolecule metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving macromolecules, 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, as carried out by individual cells. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0006259 | DNA metabolic process | biological_process | Any cellular metabolic process involving deoxyribonucleic acid. This is one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long, unbranched macromolecule formed from one, or more commonly, two, strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides. [ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:1901360 | organic cyclic compound metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways involving organic cyclic compound. [GOC:TermGenie] |
| GO:0090305 | nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis | biological_process | The nucleic acid metabolic process in which the phosphodiester bonds between nucleotides are cleaved by hydrolysis. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:1901361 | organic cyclic compound catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of organic cyclic compound. [GOC:TermGenie] |
| GO:0140097 | catalytic activity, acting on DNA | molecular_function | Catalytic activity that acts to modify DNA. [GOC:molecular_function_refactoring, GOC:pdt] |
| GO:0090304 | nucleic acid metabolic process | biological_process | Any cellular metabolic process involving nucleic acids. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0004520 | endodeoxyribonuclease activity | molecular_function | Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within deoxyribonucleic acid by creating internal breaks. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198547684] |
| GO:0034655 | nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0008152 | metabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways, including anabolism and catabolism, by which living organisms transform chemical substances. Metabolic processes typically transform small molecules, but also include macromolecular processes such as DNA repair and replication, and protein synthesis and degradation. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198547684] |
| GO:0044248 | cellular catabolic process | biological_process | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances, carried out by individual cells. [GOC:jl] |