Catalysis of ACAT may be completed within the plane of the membrane: A working hypothesis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1933-1938

  Chang, T Y ^a   Chang, C C Y ^a   Lu, X ^a   Lin, S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

apoB; Cholesterol absorption; Cholesteryl ester lipid droplets; Lipoprotein assembly; Microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHYLOMICRON; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FAT DROPLET; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MICROSOMAL TRIACYLGLYCEROL TRANSFER PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNALIZATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0035665182     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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