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Carnitine palmitoyltransferase deficiencies.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Dec 1999
Bonnefont J P, Demaugre F, Prip-Buus C, Saudubray J M, Brivet M, Abadi N, Thuillier L
Abstract excerpt
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) deficiencies are common disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. The CPT system is made up of two separate proteins located in the outer- (CPT1) and inner- (CPT2) mitochondrial membranes. While CPT2 is a ubiquitous protein, two tissue-specific CPT1 isoforms-the so-called "liver" (L) and "muscle" (M) CPT1s-have been shown to exist. Amino acid and cDNA nucleotide...
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