Term Name: L-tryptophan catabolic process
Synonyms: tryptophan breakdown, tryptophan catabolic process, tryptophan catabolic process, using tryptophanase, tryptophan catabolism, tryptophan catabolism, using tryptophanase, tryptophan degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-tryptophan, the chiral amino acid 2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006569]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: tryptophanase activity
is a type of: aromatic amino acid family catabolic process erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid catabolic process indole-containing compound catabolic process L-tryptophan metabolic process
has subtype: L-tryptophan catabolic process to acetyl-CoA L-tryptophan catabolic process to indole-3-acetate L-tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine