5848 antibody, BG:DS02740.15 antibody, CACT antibody, CG5848 antibody, Cact antibody, Dmel\\CG5848 antibody, cac antibody, dip6 antibody, fs(2)ltoRN48 antibody, n(2)k17003 antibody, cact antibody, dif-1 antibody, SLC25A20 antibody, DKFZp468F1219 antibody, zgc:77760 antibody, PRKAR2A antibody, CAC antibody, 1110007P09Rik antibody, C78826 antibody, mCAC antibody, cactus antibody, solute carrier family 25 (carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase), member 20 antibody, solute carrier family 25 member 20 antibody, solute carrier family 25 (carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase), member 20 L homeolog antibody, solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase), member 20 antibody, cact antibody, slc25a20 antibody, SLC25A20 antibody, Slc25a20 antibody, slc25a20.L antibody
Background
This gene product is one of several closely related mitochondrial-membrane carrier proteins that shuttle substrates between cytosol and the intramitochondrial matrix space. This protein mediates the transport of acylcarnitines into mitochondrial matrix for their oxidation by the mitochondrial fatty acid-oxidation pathway. Mutations in this gene are associated with carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency, which can cause a variety of pathological conditions such as hypoglycemia, cardiac arrest, hepatomegaly, hepatic dysfunction and muscle weakness, and is usually lethal in new born and infants.