Term Information

Accession
GO:0051791
Name
medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
medium chain fatty acid metabolic process, medium chain fatty acid metabolism, medium-chain fatty acid metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving a medium-chain fatty acid, a fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of 6 to 12 carbons. Source: Wikipedia:Fatty_acid_metabolisms
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0051791 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0051791)
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medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0006631)
Children of medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0051791)
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medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0051792) [is_a relation] is_a  medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process
medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0051793) [is_a relation] is_a  medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process
lauric acid metabolic process (GO:0048252) [is_a relation] is_a  medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process
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