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Term fatty acid metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006631 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]
Also Known As"fatty acid metabolism"
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carboxylic acid metabolic process
 |__monocarboxylic acid metabolic process__
primary metabolic process                  |
 |__lipid metabolic process________________|
                                           fatty acid metabolic process  152 rec.
                                            |__fatty acid biosynthetic process 57 rec.
                                            |   |__butyryl-CoA biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__fatty acid elongation(+) 24 rec.
                                            |   |__lipoate biosynthetic process 3 rec.
                                            |   |__long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
                                            |   |__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
                                            |   |__regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                            |   |__short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                            |   |__unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 9 rec.
                                            |   |__very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process 24 rec.
                                            |__fatty acid catabolic process 57 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid alpha-oxidation 2 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid beta-oxidation(+) 41 rec.
                                            |   |__lipoate catabolic process
                                            |   |__long-chain fatty acid catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                            |   |__medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process 4 rec.
                                            |   |__monounsaturated fatty acid catabolic process
                                            |   |__short-chain fatty acid catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                            |   |__very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process 10 rec.
                                            |__fatty acid oxidation 44 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid alpha-oxidation 2 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid beta-oxidation(+) 41 rec.
                                            |   |__fatty acid omega-oxidation
                                            |   |__regulation of fatty acid oxidation(+) 1 rec.
                                            |__lipoate metabolic process 3 rec.
                                            |   |__lipoate biosynthetic process 3 rec.
                                            |   |__lipoate catabolic process
                                            |__lipoxygenase pathway
                                            |   |__green leaf volatile biosynthetic process
                                            |__long-chain fatty acid metabolic process 30 rec.
                                            |   |__alpha-linolenic acid metabolic process
                                            |   |__arachidonate metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                            |   |__jasmonic acid metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__leukotriene A4 metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__leukotriene B4 metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__linoleic acid metabolic process
                                            |   |__lipoxin A4 metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__lipoxin B4 metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
                                            |   |__long-chain fatty acid catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                            |   |__phytanic acid metabolic process
                                            |__medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process 5 rec.
                                            |   |__lauric acid metabolic process 1 rec.
                                            |   |__medium-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                            |   |__medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process 4 rec.
                                            |__methyl-branched fatty acid metabolic process 1 rec.
                                            |   |__methyl-branched fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                            |   |__phytanic acid metabolic process
                                            |__regulation of fatty acid metabolic process 8 rec.
                                            |   |__negative regulation of fatty acid metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                            |   |__positive regulation of fatty acid metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__regulation of acyl-CoA biosynthetic process(+) 4 rec.
                                            |   |__regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                            |   |__regulation of fatty acid oxidation(+) 1 rec.
                                            |   |__regulation of jasmonic acid metabolic process(+)
                                            |__short-chain fatty acid metabolic process 2 rec.
                                            |   |__butyrate metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                            |   |__propionate metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                            |   |__short-chain fatty acid catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                            |__unsaturated fatty acid metabolic process 11 rec.
                                            |   |__alpha-linolenic acid metabolic process
                                            |   |__arachidonate metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                            |   |__linoleic acid metabolic process
                                            |   |__lipoxin A4 metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__lipoxin B4 metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__prostanoid metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                            |   |__unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 9 rec.
                                            |__very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process 34 rec.
                                                |__very long-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process 24 rec.
                                                |__very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process 10 rec.
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monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
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Reactome:R-HSA-211935 "Fatty acids"
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Reactome:R-HSA-8978868 "Fatty acid metabolism"
Wikipedia:Fatty_acid_metabolism