Term Information

Accession
GO:0006631
Name
fatty acid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
fatty acid metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis. Source: ISBN:0198547684
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006631 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0006631)
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fatty acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular lipid metabolic process (GO:0044255)
fatty acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0032787)
Children of fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0006631)
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long-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0001676) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthetic process from fatty acid (GO:1902925) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0006633) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
regulation of fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0019217) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  fatty acid metabolic process
methyl-branched fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0097089) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
fatty acid oxidation (GO:0019395) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
lipoxygenase pathway (GO:0019372) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid (GO:2001132) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
lipoate metabolic process (GO:0009106) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0051791) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
mycolic acid metabolic process (GO:0071767) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
positive regulation of fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0045923) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  fatty acid metabolic process
monounsaturated fatty acid metabolic process (GO:1903964) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
short-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0046459) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
negative regulation of fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0045922) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  fatty acid metabolic process
very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0000038) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process
unsaturated fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0033559) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process