Activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase in brains of adult and 7-day-old rats.

ABSTRACT: Rat brain contains 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase activity, but this enzyme is far more active in 7-day-old brain than in adult brain. This difference may partly explain why cholesterol biosynthesis is more rapid in growing than in adult rat brain.

SUBMITTER: Sudjic MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1172736 | biostudies-other | 1976 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other