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Noun Concept
Categories: Cell biology, Metabolic pathways, Biochemistry, Fatty acids
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alpha oxidation  fatty acid alpha-oxidation  alpha-oxidation  α-oxidation
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Alpha oxidation is a process by which certain branched-chain fatty acids are broken down by removal of a single carbon from the carboxyl end. Wikipedia
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Alpha oxidation is a process by which certain branched-chain fatty acids are broken down by removal of a single carbon from the carboxyl end. Wikipedia
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 dehyd Wikidata
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organic process
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alpha oxidation
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alpha oxidation, fatty acid alpha-oxidation
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alpha-oxidation, α-oxidation
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alpha oxidation

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