Enzymology of the carnitine biosynthesis pathway

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-362

  Strijbis, Karin ^a   Vaz, Frédéric M ^a   Distel, Ben ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Carnitine; Enzymology; Fatty acid oxidation; Membrane transport

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY N 6 TRIMETHYLLYSINE ALDOLASE; 4 N TRIMETHYLAMINOBUTYRALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE; DIOXYGENASE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE DIOXYGENASE; LYASE; N 6 TRIMETHYLLYSINE DIOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CELL METABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALDEHYDE-LYASES; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARNITINE; GAMMA-BUTYROBETAINE DIOXYGENASE; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77953603769     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.323     Document Type: Review

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