Term Information

Accession
GO:0001561
Name
fatty acid alpha-oxidation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A metabolic pathway by which 3-methyl branched fatty acids are degraded. These compounds are not degraded by the normal peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway, because the 3-methyl blocks the dehydrogenation of the hydroxyl group by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. The 3-methyl branched fatty acid is converted in several steps to pristenic acid, which can then feed into the beta-oxidative pathway. Source: PMID:10198260
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0001561 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of fatty acid alpha-oxidation (GO:0001561)
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fatty acid alpha-oxidation [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
fatty acid alpha-oxidation [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid oxidation (GO:0019395)

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MetaCyc
PWY-2501