Term Information

Accession
GO:0051792
Name
medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
medium chain fatty acid biosynthesis, medium chain fatty acid biosynthetic process, medium-chain fatty acid anabolism, medium-chain fatty acid biosynthesis, medium-chain fatty acid formation, medium-chain fatty acid synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of 6 to 12 carbons. Source: Wikipedia:Fatty_acid_metabolism
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0051792)
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medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0006633)
medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0051791)

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