Term Name: L-cysteine catabolic process
Synonyms: L-cysteine breakdown, L-cysteine catabolism, L-cysteine degradation
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-cysteine, the L-enantiomer of 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid, i.e. (2R)-2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0019448]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: cysteine catabolic process L-cysteine metabolic process serine family amino acid catabolic process
has subtype: L-cysteine catabolic process to hypotaurine L-cysteine catabolic process to pyruvate L-cysteine catabolic process to taurine L-cysteine catabolic process via cystine