| Dataset | GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 |
| Category | structural or functional annotations |
| Type | biological process |
| Description | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of thymine, 5-methyluracil, one of the two major pyrimidine bases present (as thymidine) in DNA but not found in RNA other than (as ribothymidine) in transfer RNA, where it is a minor base. (Gene Ontology, GO_0006210) |
| External Link | http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0006210 |
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3 genes participating in the thymine catabolic process biological process from the curated GO Biological Process Annotations 2015 dataset.