Intracellular cholesterol transporter StarD4 binds free cholesterol and increases cholesteryl ester formation*

Intracellular cholesterol transporter StarD4 binds free cholesterol and increases cholesteryl ester formation*

StarD4 protein is a member of the StarD4 subfamily of steroidogenic acute regulatory-related lipid transfer (START) domain proteins that includes StarD5 and StarD6, proteins whose functions remain poorly defined. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize StarD4's sterol bindin...

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Main Authors: Daniel Rodriguez-Agudo, Shunlin Ren, Eric Wong, Dalila Marques, Kaye Redford, Gregorio Gil, Phillip Hylemon, William M. Pandak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
liver
protein
metabolism
steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
steroidogenic acute regulatory-related lipid transfer domain
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752034712X

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