Term Name: very long-chain fatty acid
Synonyms: higher fatty acid, very long-chain fatty acids, VLCFA, VLCFAs
Definition: A fatty acid which has a chain length greater than C22. Very long-chain fatty acids which have a chain length greater than C27 are also known as ultra-long-chain fatty acids.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:27283]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: fatty acid
has subtype: (+/-)16-HDoHE (2E,6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z,18Z,21Z)-tetracosaheptaenoic acid (3E,5Z,7E,9E,11E,13E,15Z,17E,19E)-20-methyl-21-oxodocosa-3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19-nonaenoic acid (3R,22R)-3,22-dihydroxytricosanoic acid (4E,7E,10Z,13E,16E,19E)-docosa-4,7,10,13,16,19-hexaenoic acid (4Z,7R,8E,10Z,12E,14E,17S,19Z)-7,16,17-Trihydroxydocosa-4,8,10,12,14,19-hexaenoic acid (5Z,9Z)-2-methoxy-hexacosadienoic acid (5Z,9Z)-5,9-hexacosadienoic acid (all-Z)-7,10,13-Docosatrienoic acid (E)-9,10,12,13,14,15-hexahydroxytetracos-17-enoic acid (E)-9,10,12,13,15,16-hexahydroxyheptacos-18-enoic acid (E)-9,10,12,13,15,16-hexahydroxyhexacos-18-enoic acid (E)-9,10,12,13,15,16-hexahydroxyoctacos-18-enoic acid (R)-2-hydroxyhexacosanoic acid (R)-2-hydroxylignoceric acid 2,4-dimethyl-docosanoic acid 2-Dehydro-3-deoxylaetiporic acid A 2-Hydroxy-22-methyltetracosanoic acid 2-hydroxyhexacosanoic acid 3,9,15-Docosatriynoic acid 3,13,19-trimethyltricosanoic acid 3,15-dimethyl-docosanoic acid 3-Methoxydocosanoic acid 3-Methoxytetracosanoic acid 3-oxohexacosanoic acid 3Z,9Z,15Z-docosatrienoic acid 4,5-dehydro Docosahexaenoic Acid 4,5-DiHDPE 4,7,10,13,16,19-Docosahexaynoic acid 4,7,10,13,16-Docosapentaenoic acid 4,7,10,13-Docosatetraenoic acid 4,7,10,13-Docosatetraynoic acid 4,8,12,15,19,21-Tetracosahexaenoic acid 4,8,12,15,19-Docosapentaenoic acid 4-oxo-docosanoic acid 4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z,22Z,25Z-octacosaoctaenoic acid 5,8,11,14-Docosatetraynoic acid 5,9,17-hexacosatrienoic acid 5,9-tetracosadienoic acid 5Z,13Z,16Z,19Z-Docosatetraenoic acid 5Z-docosenoic acid 6,9,12,15,18,21-Tetracosahexaenoic acid 6,9,12,15,18,21-tetracosahexaynoic acid 6,9,12,15,18-Tetracosapentaynoic acid 6-Bromo-5E,9Z,13Z-docosatrienoic acid 6-bromo-docosa-5E,9Z-dienoic acid 6-bromo-pentacosa-5E,9Z-dienoic acid 6-bromo-tetracosa-5E,9Z-dienoic acid 6-bromo-tricosa-5E,9Z-dienoic acid 6Z,8E-tricosdien-4,19-diynoic acid 7(S),17(S)-dihydroxy-8(E),10(Z),13(Z),15(E),19(Z)-Docosapentaenoic Acid 7,8-DiHDPE 7,10,13,16,19-Docosapentaynoic acid 7,10,13,16-Docosatetraynoic acid 7-cis-Laetiporic acid 7-Hydroxy-8,20-dimethyl-9-docosenoic acid 7-trans-Laetiporic acid 7R-Maresin 1 8,11,14-Docosatriynoic acid 8,12,16,19-Docosatetraenoic acid 8-Dotriacontenoic acid 9-hexacosenoic acid 10,11-DiHDPE 10,12-tricosadiynoic acid 10,13,16-Docosatriynoic acid 10-oxo-docosanoic acid 10S,17S-DiHDoHE 11-docosenoic acid 11-keto-Octacosanoic acid 12,14-Heptacosadiynoic acid 12,14-Pentacosadiynoic acid 13,14-DiHDPE 13,14-dihydroxy-docosanoic acid 13,14-Dimethyloctacosanedioic acid 13,16,19-Docosatrienoic acid 13,16-docosadienoic acid 14E-tricosenoic acid 15-docosenoic acid 15-Hydroxy-pentacosanoic acid 15-oxo-18Z-tetracosenoic acid 15Z-docosenoic acid 16,17-DiHDPE 16Z-pentacosenoic acid 17-hydroxydocosanoic acid 17-Oxo-20Z-hexacosenoic acid 18Z-pentacosenoic acid 19Z-docosenoic acid 20Z-heptacosenoic acid 21-methyl-tricosanoic acid 21-oxo-docosanoic acid 21-phenyl heneicosanoic acid 22-dimethylarsinoyl-(5Z,8Z, 11Z,14Z,17Z,20Z)-docosahexaenoic acid 22-methyltetracosanoic acid 22:1(5Z)(13Me,17Me,21Me) 22:1(7Z) 22:1(9Z) 22:2(3Z,16Z) 22:2(5Z,9Z)(13Me,17Me,21Me) 22:3(5Z,9Z,19Z)(13Me,17Me,21Me) 22:4(7Z,13Z,16Z,19Z) 23-methyl-5Z,9Z-tetracosadienoic acid 23Z-dotriacontenoic acid 24-hydroxy-10Z-tetracosenoic acid 24-methylhexacosanoic acid 24-methylpentacosanoic acid 24:3(5Z,9Z,17Z)(11Me,15Me,19Me,23Me) 24:3(5Z,9Z,17Z)(15Me,19Me,23Me) 24:3(15Z,18Z,21Z) 26-methylheptacosanoic acid 26-oxohexacosanoic acid 26:2(5Z,9Z)(25Me) 27:2(5Z,9Z) 27:3(5Z,9Z,20Z) 28:2(5Z,9Z)(6Br) 28:2(9Z,21Z) 28:3(5Z,9Z,21Z) 28:7(n-6) 31-hydroxy-4Z,18Z,29E-tritriacontatrien-2,32-diynoic acid Arthrinic acid Axillarenic acid cerebronic acid Ceroplastic acid Cerotic acid(d3) Cis-4,10,13,16-docosatetraenoic acid Clupadonic acid Docosa-2,4,6,8,10-pentaenoic acid docosa-13,16,19-trienoic acid eicosadienoylcarnitine Eicoseneoyl-carnitine Eranthic acid Funisamine Hentriacontanoic acid heptacosanoic acid Heptatriacontanoic acid hexacosahexaenoic acid hexacosanoic acid hexacosapentaenoic acid hexacosatetraenoic acid hexacosenoic acid Hexatetracontanoic acid Hexatriacontylic acid Hydroxyphthioceranic acid (C42) ionomycin Isobongkrekic acid Isomacrolactinic acid Isopentacosanoic acid Kazusamycin A Kazusamycin B L-Arachidonoylcarnitine Laetiporic acid leptomycin Linearmycin A Linearmycin B Linearmycin C Macrolactinic acid Mycocerosic acid (C24) Mycolipanolic acid (C27) Mycosanoic acid (C25) Mycosanoic acid (C24) Naphthomycinoside Nebraskanic acid Nonacosa-trienoic acid Octatriacontanoic acid omega-hydroxy-very-long-chain fatty acid Pantheric acid A Pantheric acid B pentacosanoic acid Psyllic acid Roimatacene Spirangien Q Tetracosahexaenoic acid, n-3 Tetracosanedioic acid tetracosanoic acid tetracosapentaenoic acid Tetracosapentenoic acid tetracosatetraenoic acid tetracosatetraenoic acid n-6 Tetracosatrienoic acid tetracosenoic acid Tetrafibricin Thailandamide trans-Brassidic acid trans-selacholeic acid TrHA Triacontanedioic acid tricosanedioic acid tricosanoic acid tricosenoic acid ultra-long-chain fatty acid Wuhanic acid
inverse is_conjugate_base_of: very long-chain fatty acid anion
is_conjugate_acid_of: very long-chain fatty acid anion