fatty acid metabolic process

id: GO:0006631
name: fatty acid metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000038very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process
GO:0001676long-chain fatty acid metabolic process
GO:0006633fatty acid biosynthetic process
GO:0009062fatty acid catabolic process
GO:0009106lipoate metabolic process
GO:0010166wax metabolic process
GO:0010345suberin biosynthetic process
GO:0019395fatty acid oxidation
GO:0031407oxylipin metabolic process
GO:0033559unsaturated fatty acid metabolic process
GO:0046459short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
GO:0051791medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process
GO:0071767mycolic acid metabolic process
GO:0097089methyl-branched fatty acid metabolic process
GO:2001132methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0032787monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
GO:0044255cellular lipid metabolic process