Term Information

Accession
GO:0042760
Name
very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
very-long-chain fatty acid breakdown, very-long-chain fatty acid catabolic process, very-long-chain fatty acid catabolism, very-long-chain fatty acid degradation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a very long chain fatty acid, a fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of 22 or more carbons. Source: PMID:7744868
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042760 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0042760)
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very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0009062)
very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0000038)
Children of very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0042760)
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very long-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation (GO:0140493) [is_a relation] is_a  very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process
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