Redesign of Carnitine Acetyltransferase Specificity by Protein Engineering
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Redesign of carnitine acetyltransferase specificity by protein engineering.
In eukaryotes, L-carnitine is involved in energy metabolism by facilitating beta-oxidation of fatty acids. Carnitine acetyltransferases (CrAT) catalyze the reversible conversion of acetyl-CoA and carnitine to acetylcarnitine and free CoA. To redesign the specificity of rat CrAT toward its substrates, we mutated Met564. The M564G mutated CrAT showed higher activity toward longer chain acyl-CoAs:...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402685200