Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II

CPT2
Identifiers
Aliases	CPT2, CPT1, CPTASE, IIAE4, carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 600650; MGI: 109176; HomoloGene: 77; GeneCards: CPT2; OMA:CPT2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	53,214,197 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	107,780,807 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	mucosa of transverse colon; ; jejunal mucosa; ; right lobe of liver; ; rectum; ; gingival epithelium; ; right adrenal gland; ; palpebral conjunctiva; ; right adrenal cortex; ; duodenum; ; germinal epithelium;
	Top expressed in
	brown adipose tissue; ; myocardium of ventricle; ; right ventricle; ; cardiac muscles; ; cardiac muscle tissue of left ventricle; ; interventricular septum; ; left lobe of liver; ; intercostal muscle; ; pyloric antrum; ; epithelium of stomach;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	acyltransferase activity; transferase activity; carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase activity;
Cellular component	membrane; nucleolus; nucleoplasm; mitochondrion; mitochondrial inner membrane;
Biological process	carnitine shuttle; fatty acid metabolic process; lipid metabolism; fatty acid beta-oxidation; regulation of lipid metabolic process; positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	1376
	12896
	ENSG00000157184
	ENSMUSG00000028607
	P23786
	P52825
	NM_000098; NM_001330589
	NM_009949
	NP_000089; NP_001317518
	NP_034079
	Wikidata
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Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 2, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CPT2 gene.