medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process

I. Literature review

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Namemedium-chain fatty acid catabolic process
IDGO_0051793
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Biological process

Exact synonym

medium chain fatty acid catabolic process, medium chain fatty acid catabolism, medium-chain fatty acid breakdown, medium-chain fatty acid catabolism, medium-chain fatty acid degradation

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a medium-chain fatty acid. A medium-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing 6 to 12 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
ABHD1ABHD2GLYATL2ABHD3ACADM