short-chain fatty acid metabolic process

short-chain fatty acid metabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0046459

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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_metabolism ]

Synonyms: short-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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fatty acid metabolic process