Evidence of two catalytically active carnitine medium/long chain acyltransferases in rat liver peroxisomes

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2616-2626

  Singh, Harmeet ^a   Beckman, Kaye ^a   Poulos, Alfred ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

carnitine octanoyltransferase; carnitine palmitoyltransferase; fatty acid oxidation; fatty acid transport; microsomes; mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CARNITINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLUBILIZATION;

ACYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; CARNITINE ACYLTRANSFERASES; CARNITINE O-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACIDS; LIVER; MICROBODIES; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; RATS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030466735     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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