Symbol Carn_acyltransf Pfam clan CL0149 PROSITE PDOC00402 | Pfam PF00755 InterPro IPR000542 SCOP 1ndi | |
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Medical vocabulary what does carnitine o palmitoyltransferase mean
Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase (also called carnitine palmitoyltransferase) is a mitochondrial transferase enzyme (EC 2.3.1.21) involved in the metabolism of palmitoylcarnitine into palmitoyl-CoA. A related transferase is carnitine acyltransferase.
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Human forms of CPT
There are four different forms of CPT in humans:
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