Term Information

Accession
GO:0009062
Name
fatty acid catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
fatty acid breakdown, fatty acid catabolism, fatty acid degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a fatty acid, any of the aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that can be liberated by hydrolysis from naturally occurring fats and oils. Fatty acids are predominantly straight-chain acids of 4 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be saturated or unsaturated; branched fatty acids and hydroxy fatty acids also occur, and very long chain acids of over 30 carbons are found in waxes. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009062 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
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fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular lipid catabolic process (GO:0044242)
fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid catabolic process (GO:0072329)
fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0006631)
Children of fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
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short-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0019626) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
fatty acid alpha-oxidation (GO:0001561) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
butyryl-CoA catabolic process (GO:0044580) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
lipoate catabolic process (GO:0032323) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0051793) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
long-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0042758) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
fatty acid beta-oxidation (GO:0006635) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
anaerobic fatty acid catabolic process (GO:1990486) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0042760) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
monounsaturated fatty acid catabolic process (GO:1903965) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process