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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
2-oxobutyrate metabolic process +   
acetoacetic acid metabolic process +   
anaerobic fatty acid catabolic process 
butyrate metabolic process +   
butyryl-CoA catabolic process +   
fatty acid alpha-oxidation  
fatty acid beta-oxidation +   
glutamate catabolic process to 4-hydroxybutyrate 
lipoate catabolic process 
long-chain fatty acid catabolic process +   
medium-chain fatty acid catabolic process  
monounsaturated fatty acid catabolic process  
propionate metabolic process +   
short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process +   
short-chain fatty acid catabolic process +   
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a short-chain fatty acid. A short-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing fewer than 6 carbons.
very long-chain fatty acid catabolic process +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: short-chain fatty acid breakdown ;   short-chain fatty acid catabolism ;   short-chain fatty acid degradation
Xrefs: MetaCyc:ACETOACETATE-DEG-PWY
Definition Sources: ISBN:0198506732

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