The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of chondroitin sulfate, any member of a group of 10-60 kDa glycosaminoglycans, widely distributed in cartilage and other mammalian connective tissues, the repeat units of which consist of beta-(1,4)-linked D-glucuronyl beta-(1,3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine sulfate. (Gene Ontology, GO_0030207)
14 genes participating in the chondroitin sulfate catabolic process biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 dataset.
