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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Acyltransferases > Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase

Preferred term

Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acyltransferase, Lecithin
  • Acyltransferase, Lecithin Cholesterol
  • Acyltransferase, Phosophatidylcholine-Sterol
  • Cholesterol Acyltransferase, Lecithin
  • Cholesterol Ester Lysolecithin Acyltransferase
  • Lecithin Acyltransferase
  • Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase
  • Phosophatidylcholine Sterol Acyltransferase
  • Phosophatidylcholine-Sterol Acyltransferase

Scope note

  • An enzyme secreted from the liver into the plasma of many mammalian species. It catalyzes the esterification of the hydroxyl group of lipoprotein cholesterol by the transfer of a fatty acid from the C-2 position of lecithin. In familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency disease, the absence of the enzyme results in an excess of unesterified cholesterol in plasma.

History note

  • 98(75)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007862

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