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Facts about Peroxisomal carnitine O-octanoyltransferase.
Converts the end product of pristanic acid beta oxidation, 4,8-dimethylnonanoyl- CoA, to its corresponding carnitine ester. .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CROT |
Uniprot: | Q9UKG9 |
Entrez: | 54677 |
Belongs to: |
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carnitine/choline acetyltransferase family |
carnitine O-octanoyltransferase; COTperoxisomal carnitine O-octanoyltransferase; EC 2.3.1; EC 2.3.1.137; peroxisomal carnitine acyltransferase; peroxisomal carnitine octanoyltransferase
Mass (kDA):
70.178 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q21.12 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (87345646..87399794) |
Peroxisome.
PMID: 10486279 by Ferdinandusse S., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human carnitine octanoyltransferase: evidence for its role in the peroxisomal beta- oxidation of branched-chain fatty acids.
PMID: 11790793 by Morillas M., et al. Structural model of a malonyl-CoA-binding site of carnitine octanoyltransferase and carnitine palmitoyltransferase I: mutational analysis of a malonyl-CoA affinity domain.