GO biological process ontology term - GO:0001561 - fatty acid alpha-oxidation
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0001561
- Name
- fatty acid alpha-oxidation
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- A metabolic pathway by which 3-methyl branched fatty acids are degraded. These compounds are not degraded by the normal peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway, because the 3-methyl blocks the dehydrogenation of the hydroxyl group by hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. The 3-methyl branched fatty acid is converted in several steps to pristenic acid, which can then feed into the beta-oxidative pathway.
