The binding site specificity of STARD4 subfamily: Breaking the cholesterol paradigm

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 408, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-61

  Létourneau, Danny ^a   Lefebvre, Andrée ^a   Lavigne, Pierre ^a   LeHoux, Jean Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binding site; Circular dichroism; STARD5; STARD6; START domain; Sterols

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIGAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BINDING SITES; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84939979066     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.016     Document Type: Review

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