| EC |
2.3.1.21 |
| Accepted name: |
carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
palmitoyl-CoA + L-carnitine = CoA + L-palmitoylcarnitine |
| Other name(s): |
CPT; CPTo; outer malonyl-CoA inhibitable carnitine palmitoyltransferase; CPTi; CPT I (outer membrane carnitine palmitoyl transferase); carnitine palmitoyltransferase I; carnitine palmitoyltransferase II; CPT-A; CPT-B; acylcarnitine transferase; carnitine palmitoyltransferase; carnitine palmitoyltransferase-A; L-carnitine palmitoyltransferase; palmitoylcarnitine transferase |
| Systematic name: |
palmitoyl-CoA:L-carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Broad specificity to acyl group, over the range C8 to C18; optimal activity with palmitoyl-CoA. cf. EC 2.3.1.7 carnitine O-acetyltransferase and EC 2.3.1.137 carnitine O-octanoyltransferase. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, METACYC, PDB, CAS registry number: 9068-41-1 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Derrick, J.P., Tubbs, P.K. and Ramsay, R.R. Purification and properties of an easily solubilized L-carnitine palmitoyltransferase from beef-liver mitochondria. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 14 (1986) 698. |
| 2. |
Healy, M.J., Kerner, J. and Bieber, L.L. Enzymes of carnitine acylation. Is overt carnitine palmitoyltransferase of liver peroxisomal carnitine octanoyltransferase? Biochem. J. 249 (1988) 231–237. [PMID: 3342008] |
| 3. |
Miyazawa, S., Ozasa, H., Osumi, T. and Hashimoto, T. Purification and properties of carnitine octanoyltransferase and carnitine palmitoyltransferase from rat liver. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 94 (1983) 529–542. [PMID: 6630173] |
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