Term Name: carnitine shuttle
Synonyms:
Definition: The transfer of acyl groups to and from acyl-CoA molecules to form O-acylcarnitine, which can exchange across the mitochondrial inner membrane with unacylated carnitine.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006853]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: fatty acid transmembrane transport intracellular lipid transport long-chain fatty acid transport mitochondrial transmembrane transport