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3-Amino-5,5-dimethylhexanoic acid. Synthesis, resolution, and effects on carnitine acyltransferases
Saeed,McMillin,Wolkowicz,Brouillette
, p. 3247 - 3251 (1994)
The selective inhibition of individual carnitine acyltransferases may be useful in the therapy of diabetes and heart disease. Aminocarnitine (3) is a weak competitive inhibitor (K(i) = 4.0 mM) for carnitine acetyltransferase (CAT), although the N-acetyl d
