long-chain fatty acid import into peroxisome

I. Literature review

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Namelong-chain fatty acid import into peroxisome
IDGO_0015910
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Biological process

Exact synonym

peroxisomal long-chain fatty acid import, peroxisomal long-chain fatty acid uptake

Description

The directed movement of a long-chain fatty acid into a peroxisome. A long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing 13 to 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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Genes
ABCD3ABCD1ABCD2ABCD4