Clinical Biochemistry department College of medicine AL Mustansiriyah University Dr. Ali al bayati Lipid metabolism L carnitine is primarily synthesized in the liver from the amino acids lysine and methionine through a series of four enzymatic reactions, with the liver and kidneys converting the precursor butyrobetaine into active Short Note On Carnitine Shuttle: Fatty acids are oxidized in mitochondria, and synthesized in the cytoplasm. Long chain fatty acids must form an active intermediate, fatty acyl CoA, before being oxidized inside mitochondria. Catherine The role of carnitine in the transport of mitochondrial long chain Download Scientific Diagram The Biomics Carnitine shuttle system for transporting fatty acyl CoA into the mitochondrial matrix. The path of the acyl group is traced in red. #biochemistry #biochem #biochimica #biochimie #bioquimica #biochemie #biolchem # Carnitine Metabolism and Its Role in Fatty Acid Oxidation Creative Proteomics