Term Name: fatty acid metabolic process
Synonyms: fatty acid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving fatty acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic acids liberated from naturally occurring fats and oils by hydrolysis.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006631]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: lipid metabolic process monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
has subtype: fatty acid biosynthetic process fatty acid catabolic process fatty acid oxidation lipoate metabolic process lipoxygenase pathway long-chain fatty acid metabolic process medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid methyl-branched fatty acid metabolic process monounsaturated fatty acid metabolic process mycolic acid metabolic process poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthetic process from fatty acid short-chain fatty acid metabolic process unsaturated fatty acid metabolic process very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of fatty acid metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of fatty acid metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of fatty acid metabolic process