The mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier: Function, structure and physiopathology

Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4-6, 2011, Pages 223-233

  Indiveri, Cesare ^a,b   Iacobazzi, Vito ^a,c   Tonazzi, Annamaria ^c   Giangregorio, Nicola ^c   Infantino, Vittoria ^a,d   Convertini, Paolo ^a   Console, Lara ^a   Palmieri, Ferdinando ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnitine acylcarnitine carrier; Carnitine acylcarnitine carrier deficiency; Cysteine oxido reduction; Enzyme activity regulation; Gene expression regulation; Mitochondrial carrier; Mutational analysis

Indexed keywords

ACYLCARNITINE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE ACYLCARNITINE CARRIER; CARRIER PROTEIN; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPOSOME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CAC GENE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARNITINE CARRIER DEFICIENCY; CATALYSIS; CELL METABOLISM; COMA; CYTOSOL; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; SLC25A20 GENE;

ANIMALS; CARNITINE ACYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 81855201915     PISSN: 00982997     EISSN: 18729452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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