carnitine shuttle
gomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4
The carnitine shuttle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C uses CAT2, YAT1, and YAT2 carnitine O-acetyltransferase activities to interconvert acetyl-CoA and (R)-carnitine with O-acetyl-L-carnitine and coenzyme A.
- Pathway type
- carnitine shuttle
- Organism scope
Pathway network
16 nodes · 32 asserted directed edges
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- Reaction / activity
- Chemical / cofactor
- Protein / complex
- Cell / process context
- Solid arrow: mechanistic relation
- Dashed arrow: membership, location or cofactor relation
Components and activities
| Node | Kind or role | Source direction |
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288CNCBITaxon:559292 | taxon | |
CAT2 ScerSGD:S000004506 | protein | |
acetyl-CoA(4-)CHEBI:57288 | small molecule | |
YAT1 ScerSGD:S000000080 | protein | |
(R)-carnitineCHEBI:16347 | small molecule | |
O-acetyl-L-carnitineCHEBI:57589 | lipid | |
coenzyme A(4-)CHEBI:57287 | small molecule | |
carnitine shuttleGO:0006853 | biological process | |
YAT2 ScerSGD:S000000826 | protein | |
cytosolGO:0005829 | cellular component | |
mitochondrial inner membraneGO:0005743 | cellular component | |
peroxisomeGO:0005777 | cellular component | |
cytoplasmGO:0005737 | cellular component | |
L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | molecular activity | |
L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 | molecular activity | |
carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | molecular activity | |
carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | molecular activity |
Mechanistic edges
| Subject | Predicate and description | Object | Evidence |
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CAT2 ScerSGD:S000004506 | enables | L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | has_input | acetyl-CoA(4-)CHEBI:57288 |
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YAT1 ScerSGD:S000000080 | enables | carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | has_input | (R)-carnitineCHEBI:16347 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | has_output | O-acetyl-L-carnitineCHEBI:57589 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | has_output | coenzyme A(4-)CHEBI:57287 |
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L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | part_of | carnitine shuttleGO:0006853 |
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L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 | has_input | O-acetyl-L-carnitineCHEBI:57589 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | part_of | carnitine shuttleGO:0006853 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | has_input | acetyl-CoA(4-)CHEBI:57288 |
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YAT2 ScerSGD:S000000826 | enables | carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | has_output | O-acetyl-L-carnitineCHEBI:57589 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | has_output | coenzyme A(4-)CHEBI:57287 |
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L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 | part_of | carnitine shuttleGO:0006853 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | part_of | carnitine shuttleGO:0006853 |
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L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | has_output | coenzyme A(4-)CHEBI:57287 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | causally_upstream_of | L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 |
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L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | has_output | O-acetyl-L-carnitineCHEBI:57589 |
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L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 | has_output | (R)-carnitineCHEBI:16347 |
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L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | has_input | (R)-carnitineCHEBI:16347 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000733 | has_input | (R)-carnitineCHEBI:16347 |
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L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | has_input | acetyl-CoA(4-)CHEBI:57288 |
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CAT2 ScerSGD:S000004506 | enables | L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | causally_upstream_of | L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 |
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L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 | has_output | acetyl-CoA(4-)CHEBI:57288 |
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carnitine O-acetyltransferase activitygomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4/6a46ef0600000742 | occurs_in | cytosolGO:0005829 |
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L-carnitine + acetyl-CoA <=> O-acetyl-L-carnitine + coenzyme Agomodel:CARNITINE-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE-RXN | causally_upstream_of | L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 |
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L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + acetyl-CoA[mitochondrial lumen] <- O-acetyl-L-carnitine[mitochondrial lumen] + coenzyme A[mitochondrial lumen]gomodel:RXN3O-37 | has_input | coenzyme A(4-)CHEBI:57287 |
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CAT2 ScerSGD:S000004506 | located_in Physical protein location from reviewed UniProt. evidence code not specified by source; molecular form: Isoform Mitochondrial. Topology: Peripheral membrane protein. Orientation: Matrix side. | mitochondrial inner membraneGO:0005743 |
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CAT2 ScerSGD:S000004506 | located_in Physical protein location from reviewed UniProt. ECO:0000269 (PubMed:7628448); molecular form: Isoform Peroxisomal. | peroxisomeGO:0005777 |
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YAT1 ScerSGD:S000000080 | located_in Physical protein location from reviewed UniProt. evidence code not specified by source Topology: Peripheral membrane protein. Orientation: Intermembrane side. | mitochondrial inner membraneGO:0005743 |
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YAT2 ScerSGD:S000000826 | located_in Physical protein location from reviewed UniProt. ECO:0000269 (PubMed:14562095); ECO:0000269 (PubMed:18427809) | cytoplasmGO:0005737 |
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References
gomodel:YeastPathways_PWY3O-4SGD GO-CAM carnitine shuttle - imported from: Saccharomyces Genome Database (source version: Pinned Noctua JSON archive; model date 2026-07-06; member ./YeastPathways_PWY3O-4.json)UniProtKB:P32796Reviewed UniProtKB P32796 location annotations (source version: UniProt release 2026_03)UniProtKB:P80235Reviewed UniProtKB P80235 location annotations (source version: UniProt release 2026_03)UniProtKB:P40017Reviewed UniProtKB P40017 location annotations (source version: UniProt release 2026_03)
Curation history
- Codex; review-causal-graph; Reviewed every native GO-CAM fact; preserved precise input/output, causal, location, membership and complex-part relations with traceable structured source evidence. Kept distinct generic physical instances and recorded source-scope exclusions in the cohort review ledger.
- Codex
- EDIT — Audit causal activity compartments and preserve scoped protein location evidence
Reviewed all 4 activity location assignments and 3 mapped physical proteins against reviewed S288C UniProt release2026_03 location/function/caution batch SHA256 95f72dcc644358c480e0e59f996cf88533558b5fa4256460a030e0a1eaf9678d. Added 4 independently supported location edges and quarantined 2 generic cytosol source assertions. Mapped physical protein locations via exact SGD cross-references; retained source ECO grades, molecular form and conditional notes. Physical protein location alone never generates activity location. Explicitly inspected functional assertions support bounded activity projections. Every original activity location and exclusion is recorded in reports/causal_graph_review/gocam-location-review.json. No independent location annotation is treated as an evidence gap, not a negative result. Cytoplasm is not narrowed to cytosol. Microsome fractions are not projected as in-vivo organelles. Semantic validation passed all85 records;4 independent source-role acceptance tests passed.
- EDIT — Audit causal activity compartments and preserve scoped protein location evidence