long-chain fatty acid metabolic process

long-chain fatty acid metabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0001676

The chemical reactions and pathways involving a long-chain fatty acid. A long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing 13 to 22 carbons. [ GOC:ajp ]

Synonyms: long-chain fatty acid metabolism

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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).

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GO:0001676

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fatty acid metabolic process

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long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity