Carnitine: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 17:53, 22 August 2017
Description
Carnitine is an important factor for the transport of long-chain fatty acids bound to carnitine (carnitine acyltransferase) into the mitochondrial matrix for subsequent β-oxidation. There are two enantiomers: D- and L-carnitine. Only the L-isomer is physiologically active.
Abbreviation: Car
MitoPedia topics: Substrate and metabolite
Application in HRFR
- L-carnitine: Sigma Aldrich; C0158; FW=161.2