FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term carnitine transmembrane transporter activity ID (Ontology) GO:0015226 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Enables the transfer of carnitine across a membrane. Carnitine is a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Also Known As"vitamin Bt transporter activity"
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 carnitine transmembrane transporter activity (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
     enables | carnitine transmembrane transporter activity
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transmembrane transporter activity
 |__quaternary ammonium group transmembrane transporter activity__
 |__modified amino acid transmembrane transporter activity________|
                                                                  carnitine transmembrane transporter activity  1 rec.
                                                                   |__(R)-carnitine transmembrane transporter activity
                                                                   |   |__(R)-carnitine:4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate antiporter activity
                                                                   |__carnitine:O-acyl-L-carnitine antiporter activity
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Is a quaternary ammonium group transmembrane transporter activity
modified amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
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  • "vitamin Bt transporter activity" EXACT
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Reactome:R-HSA-164967 "Unknown carnitine exporter transports CAR from the cytosol to the extracellular space"
Reactome:R-HSA-165026 "OCTN2 / SLC22A5 transports CAR from extracellular space to cytosol"
Reactome:R-HSA-549297 "SLC22A4, 5,15,16 cotransport CAR, Na+ from extracellular region to cytosol"
Reactome:R-HSA-5625674 "Defective SLC22A5 does not cotransport CAR, Na+ from extracellular region to cytosol"