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Category:GO:0001561 ! fatty acid alpha-oxidation
name: fatty acid alpha-oxidation
namespace: biological_process
def: "A 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 dehydrogenase. The 3-methyl branched fatty acid is converted in several steps to pristenic acid, which can then feed into the beta-oxidative pathway." [PMID:10198260]
xref: MetaCyc:PWY-2501
is_a: GO:0009062 ! fatty acid catabolic process
is_a: GO:0019395 ! fatty acid oxidation
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<GOterm>GO:0001561</GOterm>
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