protocatechuate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage (Q22281999)
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, to yield beta-ketoadipate.
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aliases 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage
 GO:0019618
 protocatechuate degradation, ortho-cleavage
 protocatechuate catabolic process to beta-ketoadipate
 protocatechuate breakdown, ortho-cleavage
description The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of protocatechuate, the anion of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, to yield beta-ketoadipate.

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(P686) GO:0019618
(P2892) C1156381