Mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein

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 () (Probable). 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).

PDB Code:
Native
Stable
Pure
Active protein
Recombinant protein
Human Origin
Entry Name:
MCAT_HUMAN
Gene Name:
SLC25A20
Uniprot Accession:
O43772
Origin:
Homo sapiens (Human)
Protein family:
Mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29)
Full-length:
301
Mass:
32944
Sequence:
MADQPKPISPLKNLLAGGFGGVCLVFVGHPLDTVKVRLQTQPPSLPGQPPMYSGTFDCFRKTLFREGITGLYRGMAAPIIGVTPMFAVCFFGFGLGKKLQQKHPEDVLSYPQLFAAGMLSGVFTTGIMTPGERIKCLLQIQASSGESKYTGTLDCAKKLYQEFGIRGIYKGTVLTLMRDVPASGMYFMTYEWLKNIFTPEGKRVSELSAPRILVAGGIAGIFNWAVAIPPDVLKSRFQTAPPGKYPNGFRDVLRELIRDEGVTSLYKGFNAVMIRAFPANAACFLGFEVAMKFLNWATPNL
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