FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term fatty acid catabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009062 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a fatty acid, any of the aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that can be liberated by hydrolysis from naturally occurring fats and oils. Fatty acids are predominantly straight-chain acids of 4 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be saturated or unsaturated; branched fatty acids and hydroxy fatty acids also occur, and very long chain acids of over 30 carbons are found in waxes.
Also Known As "fatty acid breakdown" ; "fatty acid catabolism" ; "fatty acid degradation"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       7
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 fatty acid catabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       7
     involved_in | fatty acid catabolic process       7
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lipid metabolic process
 |__fatty acid metabolic process___________
 |__lipid catabolic process________________|
catabolic process                          |
 |__lipid catabolic process________________|
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process      |
 |__fatty acid metabolic process___________|
 |__monocarboxylic acid catabolic process__|
carboxylic acid catabolic process          |
 |__monocarboxylic acid catabolic process__|
                                           fatty acid catabolic process  49 rec.
                                            |__anaerobic fatty acid catabolic process
                                            |__butyryl-CoA catabolic process
                                            |   |__butyryl-CoA catabolic process to butanol
                                            |   |__butyryl-CoA catabolic process to butyrate
                                            |__fatty acid alpha-oxidation 2 rec.
                                            |__fatty acid beta-oxidation 37 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid beta-oxidation using acyl-CoA dehydrogenase 8 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid beta-oxidation using acyl-CoA oxidase(+) 9 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid beta-oxidation, unsaturated, even number(+)
                                            |   |__fatty acid beta-oxidation, unsaturated, odd number
                                            |__lipoate catabolic process
                                            |__long-chain fatty acid catabolic process
                                            |   |__leukotriene A4 catabolic process
                                            |   |__leukotriene B4 catabolic process
                                            |   |__palmitic acid catabolic process
                                            |__medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process 4 rec.
                                            |__monounsaturated fatty acid catabolic process
                                            |__short-chain fatty acid catabolic process 2 rec.
                                            |   |__2-oxobutyrate catabolic process
                                            |   |__acetoacetic acid catabolic process
                                            |   |__butyrate catabolic process 2 rec.
                                            |   |__propionate catabolic process(+)
                                            |__very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process 5 rec.
                                                |__very long-chain fatty acid beta-oxidation 1 rec.
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Is a fatty acid metabolic process
lipid catabolic process
monocarboxylic acid catabolic process
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  • "fatty acid breakdown" EXACT
    "fatty acid catabolism" EXACT
    "fatty acid degradation" EXACT
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Reactome:R-HSA-390918 "Peroxisomal lipid metabolism"
Wikipedia:Fatty_acid_degradation