Carnitine Acyltransferases
"Carnitine Acyltransferases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D002333
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.050.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Carnitine Acyltransferases- Carnitine Acyltransferases
- Acyltransferases, Carnitine
- Acylcarnitine Translocase
- Translocase, Acylcarnitine
- Carnitine Translocase
- Translocase, Carnitine
- Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase
- Carnitine Acylcarnitine Translocase
- Translocase, Carnitine-Acylcarnitine
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Small GM, Burdett K, Connock MJ. Localization of carnitine acyltransferases and acyl-CoA beta-oxidation enzymes in small intestinal microperoxisomes (peroxisomes) of normal and clofibrate treated mice. Biochem Int. 1983 Aug; 7(2):263-72.