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beta oxidation

catabolic process by which fatty acids are broken down in the cytosol (in prokaryotes)/mitochondria (in eukaryotes) to generate acetyl-CoA (which enters the citric acid cycle) and NADH and FADH₂ (used in the electron transport chain)
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beta oxidation

Summary

beta oxidation is a catabolic process[1]. It draws 384 Wikipedia views per month (catabolic_process category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • beta oxidation's instance of is recorded as catabolic process[3].
  • beta oxidation's Commons category is recorded as Beta-oxidation[4].
  • beta oxidation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06k9c9[5].
  • beta oxidation's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/beta-oxidation[6].
  • beta oxidation's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 131996[7].
  • beta oxidation's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as betaoxidation[8].
  • beta oxidation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 82714985[9].
  • beta oxidation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C82714985[10].

Why It Matters

beta oxidation draws 384 Wikipedia views per month (catabolic_process category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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