The carnitine-acylcarnitine transporter (SLC25A20), located at the inner mitochondrial membrane, regulates the exchange of palmitoylcarnitine (L-PCARN), as well as other acylcarnitine esters, and carnitine. Inside the matrix, acylcarnitines are reconverted into carnitine and long-chain acyl-CoAs, which can be then oxidized by the fatty acid-oxidation pathway.
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