NCIt definition : Human CPT2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 1p32.3 and is approximately
17 kb in length. This allele, which encodes carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 2, mitochondrial
protein, plays a role in the metabolism of long-chain fatty acids. Mutation of the
gene is associated with susceptibility to infection-induced acute encephalopathy 4
and with the lethal neonatal, the severe infantile hepatocardiomuscular and the myopathic
forms of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 deficiency.;