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X-ray diffraction
1.9Å resolution

Carnitine Acetyltransferase in Complex with Carnitine

Released:
DOI: 10.2210/pdb1ndf/pdb
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Source organism: Mus musculus
Primary publication:
Crystal structure of carnitine acetyltransferase and implications for the catalytic mechanism and fatty acid transport.
Jogl G, Tong L
Cell 112 113-22 (2003)
PMID: 12526798

Function and Biology Details

Reactions catalysed: 
Octanoyl-CoA + L-carnitine = CoA + L-octanoylcarnitine
Acetyl-CoA + carnitine = CoA + O-acetylcarnitine
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:
Sequence domains:
Structure domain:

Structure analysis Details

Assembly composition:
monomeric (preferred)
Assembly name:
PDBe Complex ID:
PDB-CPX-155681 (preferred)
Entry contents:
1 distinct polypeptide molecule
Macromolecule:
Carnitine O-acetyltransferase Chains: A, B
Molecule details ›
Chains: A, B
Length: 596 amino acids
Theoretical weight: 67.68 KDa
Source organism: Mus musculus
Expression system: Escherichia coli
UniProt:
  • Canonical: P47934 (Residues: 30-625; Coverage: 95%)
Gene name: Crat
Sequence domains: Choline/Carnitine o-acyltransferase
Structure domains:

Ligands and Environments

1 bound ligand:
Ligand 152 2 x 152
No modified residues

Experiments and Validation Details

Entry percentile scores
X-ray source: NSLS BEAMLINE X4A
Spacegroup: C2
Unit cell:
a: 160.68Å b: 91.67Å c: 122.61Å
α: 90° β: 128.84° γ: 90°
R-values:
R R work R free
0.2 0.2 0.241
Expression system: Escherichia coli

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Citations

17 review citations

Lipid metabolic enzymes: emerging drug targets for the treatment of obesity.
Shi et al. (2004)
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2 mentions without citation

Crystal structure of rat carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT-II).
Hsiao et al. (2006)
1 more