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Carnitine-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.7) and carnitine-palmitoyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.21) activities were shown to be present in chloroplasts of green pea leaves and possibly to occur in leaf mitochondrial and peroxisomal fractions. A role for the enzymes in the transfer of acyl groups across membranes is suggested.
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McLaren, I., Wood, C., Jalil, M.N.H. et al. Carnitine acyltransferases in chloroplasts of Pisum sativum L.. Planta 163, 197–200 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00393506
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