beta-alanine catabolic process (Q15564)
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constitue
- beta-alanine degradation
- beta-alanine breakdown
- beta-alanine catabolism
- GO:0019484
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| English | beta-alanine catabolic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constitue |
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