FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term fatty acid biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006633 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation 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.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "fatty acid anabolism" ; "fatty acid biosynthesis" ; "fatty acid formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      11
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 fatty acid biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      11
     involved_in | fatty acid biosynthetic process      11
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lipid metabolic process
 |__fatty acid metabolic process______________
 |__lipid biosynthetic process________________|
biosynthetic process                          |
 |__lipid biosynthetic process________________|
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process         |
 |__fatty acid metabolic process______________|
 |__monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process__|
carboxylic acid biosynthetic process          |
 |__monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process__|
                                              fatty acid biosynthetic process  53 rec.
                                               |__butyryl-CoA biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__butyryl-CoA biosynthetic process from acetyl-CoA
                                               |__fatty acid elongation 24 rec.
                                               |   |__fatty acid elongation, saturated fatty acid 20 rec.
                                               |   |__fatty acid elongation, unsaturated fatty acid(+) 20 rec.
                                               |__L-methionine catabolic process to 3-methylthiopropanoate
                                               |__lipoate biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                               |__long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                               |   |__(R)-2-hydroxy-alpha-linolenic acid biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__hepoxilin biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__jasmonic acid biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__leukotriene A4 biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__leukotriene B4 biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__lipoxin A4 biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__lipoxin B4 biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__palmitic acid biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__resolvin biosynthetic process(+)
                                               |__medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                               |__methyl-branched fatty acid biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                               |__monounsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process
                                               |__mycolic acid biosynthetic process
                                               |__short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__2-oxobutyrate biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__acetoacetic acid biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__butyrate biosynthetic process(+)
                                               |   |__propionate biosynthetic process
                                               |__unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process 9 rec.
                                               |   |__(R)-2-hydroxy-alpha-linolenic acid biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__lipoxin A4 biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__lipoxin B4 biosynthetic process
                                               |   |__prostanoid biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                               |__very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process 24 rec.
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Is a fatty acid metabolic process
lipid biosynthetic process
monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process
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  • "fatty acid anabolism" EXACT
    "fatty acid biosynthesis" EXACT
    "fatty acid formation" EXACT
    "fatty acid synthesis" EXACT
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Wikipedia:Fatty_acid_synthesis