id | GO:0006635   Detailed information
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  name | fatty acid beta-oxidation
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "A fatty acid oxidation process that results in the complete oxidation of a long-chain fatty acid. Fatty acid beta-oxidation begins with the addition of coenzyme A to a fatty acid, and occurs by successive cycles of reactions during each of which the fatty acid is shortened by a two-carbon fragment removed as acetyl coenzyme A; the cycle continues until only two or three carbons remain (as acetyl-CoA or propionyl-CoA respectively)." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732, MetaCyc:FAO-PWY]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0009062 ! fatty acid catabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0019395 ! fatty acid oxidation
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