Kinetic properties of purified carnitine acetyltransferase from the skeletal muscle of Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Biochimie

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-208

  Alhomida, A S ^a   Al Jafari, A A ^a   Duhaiman, A S ^a   Rabbani, N ^a   Junaid, M A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel; Carnitine acetyltransferase; Kinetics; Muscle; Random sequential mechanism

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CARNITINE DERIVATIVE; COENZYME A; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PH; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 0030055062     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(96)89507-1     Document Type: Article

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