keratan sulfate catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0042340

Synonyms

• keratan sulfate breakdown
• keratan sulfate catabolism
• keratan sulfate degradation
• keratan sulphate catabolic process
• keratan sulphate catabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of keratan sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan with repeat units consisting of beta-1,4-linked D-galactopyranosyl-beta-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate and with variable amounts of fucose, sialic acid and mannose units; keratan sulfate chains are covalently linked by a glycosidic attachment through the trisaccharide galactosyl-galactosyl-xylose to peptidyl-threonine or serine residues.

References

Ontology

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