| Literature DB >> 11932020 |
Patricia E Kuwabara1, Michel Labouesse.
Abstract
The "sterol-sensing domain" (SSD) is conserved across phyla and is present in several membrane proteins, such as Patched (a Hedgehog receptor) and NPC-1 (the protein defective in Niemann-Pick type C1 disease). The role of the SSD is perhaps best understood from the standpoint of its involvement in cholesterol homeostasis. This article discusses how the SSD appears to function as a regulatory domain involved in linking vesicle trafficking and protein localization with such varied processes as cholesterol homeostasis, cell signalling and cytokinesis.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11932020 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9525(02)02640-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639