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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Elongation of a saturated fatty acid chain. Elongation of a fatty acid chain into which one or more C-C double bonds have been introduced. The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis. The elongation of a fatty acid chain by the sequential addition of two-carbon units. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation 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. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY

Name: fatty acid elongation
Acc: GO:0030497
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The elongation of a fatty acid chain by the sequential addition of two-carbon units.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 21 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 30 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030497 - fatty acid elongation (interactive image map)

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