carnitine shuttle
id: GO:0006853
name: carnitine shuttle
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The transfer of acyl groups to and from acyl-CoA molecules to form O-acylcarnitine, which can exchange across the mitochondrial inner membrane with unacylated carnitine.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0003333 | amino acid transmembrane transport |
GO:0006839 | mitochondrial transport |
GO:0015879 | carnitine transport |
GO:0015909 | long-chain fatty acid transport |
GO:0032365 | intracellular lipid transport |