carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase activity

Term ID

GO:0004095

Synonyms

• acylcarnitine transferase activity
• carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity
• carnitine palmitoyltransferase I
• carnitine palmitoyltransferase II
• carnitine palmitoyltransferase-A
• CPT
• CPT I (outer membrane carnitine palmitoyl transferase)
• CPT-A
• CPT-B
• CPTi
• CPTo
• L-carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity
• outer malonyl-CoA inhibitable carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity
• palmitoyl-CoA:L-carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase activity
• palmitoylcarnitine transferase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: palmitoyl-CoA + L-carnitine = CoA + L-palmitoylcarnitine. 2.3.1.21

References

• EC:2.3.1.21
• MetaCyc:CARNITINE-O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE-RXN
• RHEA:12661
• Reactome:R-HSA-200406
• Reactome:R-HSA-200410

Ontology

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