CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Choline/Carnitine o-acyltransferase, domain 2
Functional Family Carnitine O-acetyltransferase

Enzyme Information

2.3.1.7
Carnitine O-acetyltransferase.
based on mapping to UniProt P43155
Acetyl-CoA + carnitine = CoA + O-acetylcarnitine.
-!- Also acts on propanoyl-CoA and butanoyl-CoA (cf. EC 2.3.1.21 and EC 2.3.1.137).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P43155
CACP_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Carnitine O-acetyltransferase

PDB Structure

PDB 1NM8
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structure of Human Carnitine Acetyltransferase. Molecular Basis for Fatty Acyl Transfer
Wu, D., Govindasamy, L., Lian, W., Gu, Y., Kukar, T., Agbandje-McKenna, M., McKenna, R.
J.Biol.Chem.
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