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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Markwell MA, Bieber LL, Tolbert NE. Differential increase of hepatic peroxisomal, mitochondrial and microsomal carnitine acyltransferases in clofibrate-fed rats. Biochem Pharmacol. 1977 Sep 15; 26(18):1697-702.
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Markwell MA, Tolbert NE, Bieber LL. Comparison of the carnitine acyltransferase activites from rat liver peroxisomes and microsomes. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1976 Oct; 176(2):497-88.
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Markwell MA, Bieber LL. Localization and solubilization of a rat liver microsomal carnitine acetyltransferase. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1976 Feb; 172(2):502-9.