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Carnitine acetyltransferase ( CAT ) is known to exist in plant mitochondria (spe review [ 2 ]). CAT catalyses the reversible reaction Carnitine + short-chain acyl CoA<---> short-chain acylcarnitine + CoASH and is involved in the transport of activated acetyl moieties from the mitochondrion.
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Wood, C., Masterson, C., Miernyk, J.A. (1997). Chloroplastic Carnitine Acetyltransferase. In: Williams, J.P., Khan, M.U., Lem, N.W. (eds) Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2662-7_24
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