carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 1 (carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C, CPT 1C, CPT1C)

Function

• fatty acid beta-oxidation cycle

Palmitoyl-CoA + L-carnitine <--> CoA + L- palmitoylcarnitine

Compartment

mitochondrial outer membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

expressed predominantly in brain & testis

More general terms

• acyltransferase
• mitochondrial membrane protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608846
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TCG5.html