Carnitine-Acyltransferase II (Acyltransferase II)

Carnitine acyltransferase II is an enzyme in the mitochondrial matrix that transfers the incoming acyl group on carnitine to coenzyme A in the reaction below. The reaction is the reversal of the reaction catalyzed by carnitine acyltransferase I outside of the mitochondrion.

> Acyl-Carnitine + CoASH <=> Acyl-CoA + Carnitine

See also: Carnitine Acyltransferase I, Figure 18.15