Term Name: positive regulation of catabolic process
Synonyms: activation of catabolic process, positive regulation of breakdown, positive regulation of catabolism, positive regulation of degradation, stimulation of catabolic process, up regulation of catabolic process, up-regulation of catabolic process, upregulation of catabolic process
Definition: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of substances.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009896]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of metabolic process regulation of catabolic process
has subtype: positive regulation of acetate catabolic process positive regulation of alcohol catabolic process positive regulation of amide catabolic process positive regulation of amine catabolic process positive regulation of anthocyanin catabolic process positive regulation of autophagy positive regulation of cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process positive regulation of cellobiose catabolic process positive regulation of cellodextrin catabolic process positive regulation of cellooligosaccharide catabolic process positive regulation of cellotriose catabolic process positive regulation of cellulose catabolic process positive regulation of coenzyme F420-dependent bicyclic nitroimidazole catabolic process positive regulation of collagen catabolic process positive regulation of cyclodextrin catabolic process positive regulation of DNA catabolic process positive regulation of ferulate catabolic process positive regulation of galactoglucomannan catabolic process positive regulation of galactomannan catabolic process positive regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process positive regulation of glucose catabolic process to lactate via pyruvate positive regulation of glycogen catabolic process positive regulation of hydrogen peroxide catabolic process positive regulation of lipid catabolic process positive regulation of miRNA catabolic process positive regulation of mitochondrial RNA catabolic process positive regulation of mRNA catabolic process positive regulation of N-acetylmuramic acid catabolic process positive regulation of nicotine catabolic process positive regulation of nucleotide catabolic process positive regulation of ornithine catabolic process positive regulation of pectin catabolic process positive regulation of penicillin catabolic process positive regulation of protein catabolic process positive regulation of receptor catabolic process positive regulation of starch catabolic process positive regulation of syringal lignin catabolic process positive regulation of tetrapyrrole catabolic process positive regulation of toluene catabolic process positive regulation of trehalose catabolic process positive regulation of tRNA catabolic process positive regulation of ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process positive regulation of xylose catabolic process to ethanol RNA destabilization
positively regulates: catabolic process