[ Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid, VLCFA ]
A Fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of longer than 22 carbon atoms.
VLCFAs are metabolized in peroxisomes, as they are too long to be metabolized in the mitochondria.
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[ Very Long-Chain Fatty Acid, VLCFA ]
A Fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of longer than 22 carbon atoms.
VLCFAs are metabolized in peroxisomes, as they are too long to be metabolized in the mitochondria.