# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q21101233](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21101233)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_oxidation)  
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## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. UMLS 2023