Some Aspects of Carnitine Metabolism in Avocado (Persea Americana) (Short Communication)

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Journal Biochem J

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1973 Jun 1

PMID 16742829

Citations 8

Authors

R A Panter

J B Mudd

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Abstract

The fact that palmitoyl-l-carnitine is oxidized by avocado mitochondria at a rate comparable with that of succinate oxidation suggests that there are at least two systems for beta-oxidation in higher plants. The carnitine-associated system is located in a mitochondrial fraction, whereas the glyoxylate-cycle-associated system is located in the glyoxysomes.

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