Some aspects of carnitine metabolism in avocado (Persea americana) (Short Communication).
The fact that palmitoyl-l-carnitine is oxidized by avocado mitochondria at a rate comparable with that of succinate oxidation suggests that there are at least two systems for beta-oxidation in higher plants. The carnitine-associated system is located in a mitochondrial fraction, whereas the glyoxylate-cycle-associated system is located in the glyoxysomes.
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Department of Biochemistry and Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, Calif. 92502, U.S.A.
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