fatty acid omega-oxidation

id: GO:0010430
name: fatty acid omega-oxidation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A fatty acid oxidation process in which the methyl group at the end of the fatty acid molecule (the omega carbon) is first oxidized to a hydroxyl group, then to an oxo group, and finally to a carboxyl group. The long chain dicarboxylates derived from omega-oxidation then enter the beta-oxidation pathway for further degradation.

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