very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process

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Namevery long-chain fatty acid metabolic process
IDGO_0000038
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Biological process

Exact synonym

very long chain fatty acid metabolic process, very-long-chain fatty acid metabolic process, very-long-chain fatty acid metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving a very long-chain fatty acid. A very long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing more than 22 carbons.

Comment

While there is not universal consensus on the lengths of short-, medium-, long- and very-long-chain fatty acids, the GO uses the definitions in ChEBI (see CHEBI:26666, CHEBI:59554, CHEBI:15904 and CHEBI:27283).

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