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Carnitine
Description
Carnitine is important factor for the transport of long-chain fatty acids bound to carnitine (carnitine acyltransferase) into the mitochondrial matrix for subsequent Ξ²-oxidation. There are two enantiomers: D- and L-carnitine. Only the L-isomer is physiologically active.
MitoPedia topics: Substrate and metabolite
