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Glycosylation of the OCTN2 carnitine transporter: study of natural mutations identified in patients with primary carnitine deficiency.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Mar 2011
Filippo Cristina Amat di San, Ardon Orly, Longo Nicola
Abstract excerpt
Primary carnitine deficiency is caused by impaired activity of the Na(+)-dependent OCTN2 carnitine/organic cation transporter. Carnitine is essential for entry of long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria and its deficiency impairs fatty acid oxidation. Most missense mutations identified in patients with primary carnitine deficiency affect putative transmembrane or intracellular domains of the transporter....
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