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The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids with a chain length of C18 or greater. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of lipids, as carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of fatty acids with a chain length of C18 or greater. 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.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process
Acc: GO:0042760
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of fatty acids with a chain length of C18 or greater.
Synonyms:
  • very-long-chain fatty acid breakdown
  • very-long-chain fatty acid degradation
  • very-long-chain fatty acid catabolic process
  • very-long-chain fatty acid catabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 7 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 7 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0042760 - very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process (interactive image map)
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