long-chain fatty acid import into cell

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Namelong-chain fatty acid import into cell
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Biological process

Exact synonym

long-chain fatty acid uptake

Description

The directed movement of a long-chain fatty acid from outside of a cell into a cell. This may occur via transport across the plasma membrane or via endocytosis. A long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing 13 to 22 carbons.

Related synonym

long-chain fatty acid import

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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