CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Choline/Carnitine o-acyltransferase, domain 2
Functional Family Peroxisomal carnitine O-octanoyltransferase

Enzyme Information

2.3.1.137
Carnitine O-octanoyltransferase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9DC50
Octanoyl-CoA + L-carnitine = CoA + L-octanoylcarnitine.
-!- Acts on a range of acyl-CoAs, with optimal activity with C(6) or C(8) acyl groups. -!- Cf. EC 2.3.1.7 and EC 2.3.1.21.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9DC50
OCTC_MOUSE
Mus musculus
Peroxisomal carnitine O-octanoyltransferase

PDB Structure

PDB 1XMD
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of mouse carnitine octanoyltransferase and molecular determinants of substrate selectivity.
Jogl, G., Hsiao, Y.S., Tong, L.
J.Biol.Chem.