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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Acyltransferases > Carnitine Acyltransferases

Preferred term

Carnitine Acyltransferases  

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Entry terms

  • Acylcarnitine Translocase
  • Carnitine Acylcarnitine Translocase
  • Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase
  • Carnitine Translocase
  • Translocase, Acylcarnitine
  • Translocase, Carnitine
  • Translocase, Carnitine-Acylcarnitine

Note

  • do not confuse with CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE see CARNITINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE

Scope note

  • Acyltransferases in the inner mitochondrial membrane that catalyze the reversible transfer of acyl groups from acyl-CoA to L-carnitine and thereby mediate the transport of activated fatty acids through that membrane. EC 2.3.1.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under ACYLTRANSFERASES 1975-90

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