FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term fatty acid alpha-oxidation ID (Ontology) GO:0001561 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A metabolic pathway by which 3-methyl branched fatty acids are degraded. These compounds are not degraded by the normal peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway, because the 3-methyl blocks the dehydrogenation of the hydroxyl group by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. The 3-methyl branched fatty acid is converted in several steps to pristenic acid, which can then feed into the beta-oxidative pathway.[ PubMed:10198260 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       2
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     involved_in | fatty acid alpha-oxidation       2
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fatty acid metabolic process
 |__fatty acid catabolic process_______
 |__fatty acid oxidation_______________|
lipid catabolic process                |
 |__fatty acid catabolic process_______|
lipid oxidation                        |
 |__fatty acid oxidation_______________|
monocarboxylic acid catabolic process  |
 |__fatty acid catabolic process_______|
                                       fatty acid alpha-oxidation  2 rec.
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fatty acid oxidation
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MetaCyc:PWY-2501
Reactome:R-HSA-389599 "Alpha-oxidation of phytanate"