SEARCH Articles Figures Tables A scheme to show the suggested involvement of CATa and CATs in the generation of fatty aeyl-CoA thioesters within the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum, As shown, transport processes to facilitate the trans-membrane movement of acylcamitine and of free CoASH arc also necessary. It is also envisaged that there must be a transport process for free carnitine to exit the lumen. [Publishers Imprint]