Cellular pregnenolone esterification by Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 17483-17492

  Rogers, Maximillian A ^a   Liu, Jay ^a   Kushnir, Mark M ^b,c   Bryleva, Elena ^a   Rockwood, Alan L ^b,c   Meikle, A Wayne ^b,c   Shapiro, David ^a   Vaisman, Boris L ^d   Remaley, Alan T ^d   Chang, Catherine C Y ^a   Chang, Ta Yuan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL-COA:CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; BINDING AFFINITIES; CELL TYPES; PREGNENOLONE; SIDE-CHAINS; SMALL MOLECULES; STERYL ESTERS;

ALCOHOLS; BINDING ENERGY; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYMES; ESTERS; MAMMALS; MOLECULES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SUBSTRATES; TISSUE;

ESTERIFICATION;

ACYL COENZYME A CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; ACYL COENZYME A CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE ESTER; STEROID HORMONE; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESTERIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PREGNENOLONE; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE;

MUS;

EID: 84861214063     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.331306     Document Type: Article

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