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
Feedback
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
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)
fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular lipid catabolic process (GO:0044242)
Children of fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
fatty acid alpha-oxidation (GO:0001561) [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process
lipoate catabolic process (GO:0032323) [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
butyryl-CoA catabolic process (GO:0044580) [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
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
short-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0019626) [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