Cholesterol Flashcards
•Cholesterol precursors converted to …….
Vitamin D
Precursor to bile salts and steroid hormones
Cholesterol
Cholesterol synthesis is in —-
Cytoplasm
Ketone synthesis in…—
Mitochondria
Rote limiting erzyne of cholesterol synthesis
HMG coa → mevalonic acid
HMG coA reductase
Excess cholesterol is stored as
Cholesterol esters
SLO syndrome
7-dehydrocholesterol deficiency
3rd common metabolism disorder in USA
Microcophaly
Syndacthey and polydachtly
Cleft plate
Hypospadias ) only males
Only efficient way of cholesterol elimination
Bile
Modified cholesterol by bacteria
coprostenol
and cholestanol.
HMG COA enzyme is active when
Dephosphotylated
Statin drugs are competitive inhibitors of
HMG coa reductase
Primary bile acids
Cholic Acid and Chenodeoxycholic Acid
Rate limiting step in bile acid
synthesis
7-hydroxylase
secondary bile acids.
Deoxycholic acid from Cholic Acid
• Lithocholic Acid from Chenodeoxycholic acid
Cholesterol synthesis requires
Nadph
O2
ATP