Term Information

Accession
GO:0019626
Name
short-chain fatty acid catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
short-chain fatty acid breakdown, short-chain fatty acid catabolism, short-chain fatty acid degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of less than 6 carbons. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0019626 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of short-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0019626)
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short-chain fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0046459)
short-chain fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
Children of short-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0019626)
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2-oxobutyrate catabolic process (GO:0019606) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid catabolic process
acetoacetic acid catabolic process (GO:0043442) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid catabolic process
butyrate catabolic process (GO:0046359) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid catabolic process
propionate catabolic process (GO:0019543) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid catabolic process