Some differences in the properties of carnitine palmitoyltransferase activities of the mitochondrial outer and inner membranes.

A role of phospholipids in the malonyl-CoA sensitivity of CPTo is indicated and is explained why in previous studies, which used digitonin or other detergents to expose, separate and purify the CPT activities, the inferences were drawn that the ratio of latent to overt CPT was quite high.