Crat - carnitine acetyltransferase Gene

Predicted to enable acyl-CoA oxidase activity and carnitine O-acetyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in carnitine metabolic process, CoA-linked and fatty acid metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; respiratory system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. Orthologous to human CRAT (carnitine O-acetyltransferase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]