Mammalian StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domains with specificity for cholesterol: Structural conservation and mechanism of reversible binding

Sub-Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue , 2010, Pages 425-437

  Lavigne, Pierre ^a   Najmanivich, Rafael ^b   LeHoux, Jean Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholesterol; LCAH; StAR; START domains; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; STARD3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STARD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STARD5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 77952311395     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8622-8_15     Document Type: Article

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