EC |
2.3.1.7 |
Accepted name: |
carnitine O-acetyltransferase |
Reaction: |
acetyl-CoA + carnitine = CoA + O-acetylcarnitine |
Other name(s): |
acetyl-CoA-carnitine O-acetyltransferase; acetylcarnitine transferase; carnitine acetyl coenzyme A transferase; carnitine acetylase; carnitine acetyltransferase; carnitine-acetyl-CoA transferase; CATC |
Systematic name: |
acetyl-CoA:carnitine O-acetyltransferase |
Comments: |
Also acts on propanoyl-CoA and butanoyl-CoA (cf. EC 2.3.1.21 carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase and EC 2.3.1.137 carnitine O-octanoyltransferase). |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, GTD, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-90-7 |
References: |
1. |
Chase, J.F.A., Pearson, D.J. and Tubbs, P.K. The preparation of crystalline carnitine acetyltransferase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 96 (1965) 162–165. [DOI] [PMID: 14285260] |
2. |
Friedman, S. and Fraenkel, G. Reversible enzymatic acetylation of carnitine. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 59 (1955) 491–501. [DOI] [PMID: 13275966] |
3. |
Miyazawa, S., Ozasa, H., Furuta, S., Osumi, T. and Hashimoto, T. Purification and properties of carnitine acetyl transferase from rat liver. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 93 (1983) 439–451. [PMID: 6404901] |
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[EC 2.3.1.7 created 1961] |
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