A simplified schematic of cholesterol synthesis
A simplified schematic of cholesterol synthesis. The mevalonate pathway begins with acetyl-CoA, undergoing many intermediary reactions to produce cholesterol via the Bloch pathway or the Kandutsch-Russell pathway.
Publication
The terminal enzymes of cholesterol synthesis, DHCR24 and DHCR7, interact physically and functionally. (2015) Winnie Luu, et al. J Lipid Res. 2015 Apr;56(4):888-897. Figure: F1.| Organism | Group | Word | Match | Source | NCBI Symbol | NCBI ID |
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| Cholesterol | Cholesterol | mesh:D002784 | cholesterol | chebi:16113 |
| Dehydrocholesterol | NA | mesh:D003684 | ||
| Desmosterol | Desmosterol | mesh:D003897 | desmosterol | chebi:17737 |
| Lanosterol | Lanosterol | mesh:D007810 | lanosterol | chebi:16521 |
Disease mentions
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