fatty acid oxidation

id: GO:0019395
name: fatty acid oxidation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The removal of one or more electrons from a fatty acid, with or without the concomitant removal of a proton or protons, by reaction with an electron-accepting substance, by addition of oxygen or by removal of hydrogen.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001561fatty acid alpha-oxidation
GO:0006635fatty acid beta-oxidation
GO:0010430fatty acid omega-oxidation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006631fatty acid metabolic process
GO:0034440lipid oxidation