Protein Name:
Mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein
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UniprotKB/SwissProt ID: P97521 (P97521)
Gene Name:
Slc25a20
Organism: Rattus norvegicus (Rat)
Function: Mediates the electroneutral exchange of acylcarnitines (O-acyl-(R)-carnitine or L-acylcarnitine) of different acyl chain lengths (ranging from O-acetyl-(R)-carnitine to long-chain O-acyl-(R)-carnitines) with free carnitine ((R)-carnitine or L-carnitine) across the mitochondrial inner membrane, via a ping-pong mechanism (PubMed:9731180). Key player in the mitochondrial oxidation pathway, it translocates the fatty acids in the form of acylcarnitines into the mitochondrial matrix, where the carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (CPT-2) activates them to undergo fatty acid beta-oxidation (Probable). Catalyzes the unidirectional transport (uniport) of carnitine at lower rates than the antiport (exchange) (PubMed:8305461)
Other Modifications: View all modification sites in dbPTM
Protein Subcellular Localization: Mitochondrion inner membrane
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