keratan sulfate catabolic process

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Namekeratan sulfate catabolic process
IDGO_0042340
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Biological process

Exact synonym

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

Description

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.

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