[3] [4] Biological role [edit] The primary biological functions of carnitine in humans include the following: [8] fatty acid transport across the mitochondrial membrane by forming long-chain acylcarnitine esters which are shuttled into the mitochondria, where they undergo -oxidation to produce ATP, the cell's main energy currency
Although the body produces L-Carnitine, many people do not make enough
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Feeds the SAM cycle, the bodys universal methyl donor system
Long-chain acyl-CoA then binds to free carnitine in the mitochondrial outer membrane under the catalysis of carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 (CPT1) to form LCACs