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carnitine shuttle

The transfer of acyl groups to and from acyl-CoA molecules to form O-acylcarnitine, which can exchange across the mitochondrial inner membrane with unacylated carnitine.
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carnitine shuttle

Summary

carnitine shuttle is a biological process[1].

Key Facts

  • carnitine shuttle's instance of is recorded as biological process[2].
  • carnitine shuttle's subclass of is recorded as intracellular lipid transport[3].
  • carnitine shuttle's subclass of is recorded as long-chain fatty acid transport[4].
  • carnitine shuttle's subclass of is recorded as mitochondrial transmembrane transport[5].
  • carnitine shuttle's subclass of is recorded as fatty acid transmembrane transport[6].
  • carnitine shuttle's subclass of is recorded as mitochondrial transport[7].
  • carnitine shuttle's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0006853[8].
  • carnitine shuttle's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006853[9].
  • carnitine shuttle's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1159697[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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