Fatty acid beta-oxidation is the catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down to generate acetyl-CoA, which enters the citric acid cycle.

Authors

Chris Evelo , Maintenance bot , Christine Chichester , Lauren J. Dupuis , Kristina Hanspers , Egon Willighagen , Eric Weitz , and Denise Slenter

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Organism

Caenorhabditis elegans

Communities

Lipids and LIPID MAPS

Annotations

Pathway Ontology: fatty acid beta degradation pathway

Participants

Label	Type	Compact Identifier
3-trans-decenoyl-CoA	Metabolite	chebi:29126
2-trans-4-cis-decadienoyl-CoA	Metabolite	chebi:29119
cis,cis-3,6-Dodecadienoyl-CoA	Metabolite	chebi:28002
Linoleoyl-CoA	Metabolite	chebi:15530
trans-Dec-2-enoyl-CoA	Metabolite	chebi:10723
trans,cis-Lauro-2,6-dienoyl-CoA	Metabolite	chebi:28387
Acetyl-CoA	Metabolite	hmdb:HMDB0001206
T08B2.7	GeneProduct	ncbigene:172310
F53C11.3	GeneProduct	ncbigene:179872
B0303.3	GeneProduct	ncbigene:176216
T08B2.7	GeneProduct	ncbigene:172310
T08G2.3	GeneProduct	ncbigene:181757
B0303.3	GeneProduct	ncbigene:176216

References

1. Elle IC, Rødkær SV, Fredens J, Færgeman NJ. A method for measuring fatty acid oxidation in C. elegans. Worm. 2012 Jan 1;1(1):26–30. PubMed Europe PMC Scholia