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fatty acid alpha-oxidation

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 dehyd
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fatty acid alpha-oxidation

Summary

fatty acid alpha-oxidation is a biological process[1]. It draws 31 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #230 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's subclass of is recorded as fatty acid oxidation[4].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's subclass of is recorded as fatty acid catabolic process[5].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07s59yv[6].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0001561[7].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001561[8].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1158367[9].
  • fatty acid alpha-oxidation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 35403485[10].

Why It Matters

fatty acid alpha-oxidation draws 31 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #230 of 442).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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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