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2.3.1.21: carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase

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Word Map on EC 2.3.1.21

Reaction

palmitoyl-CoA
+
L-carnitine
=
CoA
+
L-palmitoylcarnitine

Synonyms

acylcarnitine transferase, carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase, carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase I, carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1, carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1A, carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1A, carnitine palmitoyl transferase-I, carnitine palmitoyl-transferase-1c, carnitine palmitoyltransferae 1A, carnitine palmitoyltransferase, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2, carnitine palmitoyltransferase I, carnitine palmitoyltransferase IA, carnitine palmitoyltransferase II, carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1, carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1c, carnitine palmitoyltransferase-A, carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I, carnitine palmitoyltransferases 2, CPT, CPT I, CPT IA, CPT Ialpha1a, CPT Ialpha1b, CPT Ialpha2a, CPT Ibeta, CPT II, CPT-1, CPT-2, CPT-A, CPT-B, CPT-Ialpha, CPT-IL, CPT1, CPT1-A, CPT1-B, CPT1-C, CPT1A, CPT1B, CPT1c, CPT2, CPTi, CPTI beta, CPTII, CPTo, L-carnitine palmitoyltransferase, L-CPT 1, L-CPT1, M-CPT 1, M-CPTI, muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase I, palmitoylcarnitine transferase, palmitoyltransferase, carnitine

ECTree

     2 Transferases
         2.3 Acyltransferases
             2.3.1 Transferring groups other than aminoacyl groups
                2.3.1.21 carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase

Application

Application on EC 2.3.1.21 - carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase

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APPLICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
medicine
pharmacology
synthesis
comparison of COS7 cell and yeast expression of isoform CPT1b. The mitochondrial fraction prepared from yeast cells expressing CPT1b shows 25% higher CPT1 activity than that obtained from COS7 cells. The expression level of CPT1b in the former is 3.8 times lower than that in the latter; and thus the specific activity of CPT1b expressed in yeast cells is estimated to be approximately five times higher than that expressed in COS7 cells