Name | very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process |
ID | GO_0042760 |
collection_id | Biological process |
Exact synonym | very-long-chain fatty acid breakdown, very-long-chain fatty acid catabolic process, very-long-chain fatty acid catabolism, very-long-chain fatty acid degradation |
Description | The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of 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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