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GO:0046459
Name
short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
short-chain fatty acid metabolism
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving a short-chain fatty acid. A short-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing fewer than 6 carbons. Source: Wikipedia:Fatty_acid_metabolism
Comment
While there is not universal consensus on the lengths of short-, medium-, long- and very-long-chain fatty acids, the GO uses the definitions in ChEBI (see CHEBI:26666, CHEBI:59554, CHEBI:15904 and CHEBI:27283).
History
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Parents of short-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0046459)
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short-chain fatty acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0006631)
short-chain fatty acid metabolic process [RO:0004007 relation] RO:0004007  short-chain fatty acid anion (CHEBI:58951)
Children of short-chain fatty acid metabolic process (GO:0046459)
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propionate metabolic process (GO:0019541) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
acetoacetic acid metabolic process (GO:0043438) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
butyrate metabolic process (GO:0019605) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
short-chain fatty acid catabolic process (GO:0019626) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0051790) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
2-oxobutyrate metabolic process (GO:0046361) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
glutamate catabolic process to 4-hydroxybutyrate (GO:0036241) [is_a relation] is_a  short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
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