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SUBMITTER: Elsabrouty R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8641950 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elsabrouty Rania R Jo Youngah Y Hwang Seonghwan S Jun Dong-Jae DJ DeBose-Boyd Russell A RA
eLife 20211129
UbiA prenyltransferase domain-containing protein-1 (UBIAD1) utilizes geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGpp) to synthesize the vitamin K<sub>2</sub> subtype menaquinone-4. The prenyltransferase has emerged as a key regulator of sterol-accelerated, endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated degradation (ERAD) of HMG CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in synthesis of cholesterol and nonsterol isoprenoids including GGpp. Sterols induce binding of UBIAD1 to reductase, inhibiting its ERAD. Geranylgeranio ...[more]