Also acts on dihydroxy-5beta-cholestanoyl-CoA and other branched chain acyl-CoA derivatives. The enzyme catalyses the penultimate step in the formation of bile acids. The bile acid moiety is transferred from the acyl-CoA thioester (RCO-SCoA) to either glycine or taurine (NH2R') by EC 2.3.1.65, bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase .
Also acts on dihydroxy-5beta-cholestanoyl-CoA and other branched chain acyl-CoA derivatives. The enzyme catalyses the penultimate step in the formation of bile acids. The bile acid moiety is transferred from the acyl-CoA thioester (RCO-SCoA) to either glycine or taurine (NH2R') by EC 2.3.1.65, bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase [3].
role of SCPX and SCP2 in intracellular cholesterol transport. Sterol carrier protein-2 is a nonspecific lipid-transfer protein in intracellular cholesterol trafficking in testicular Leydig cells
the Scp2 gene encodes the 58 kDa sterol carrier protein-x (SCPX) and 15 kDa pro-SCP2 proteins, both of which contain a 13 kDa SCP2 domain in their C-termini
the Scp2 gene encodes the 58 kDa sterol carrier protein-x (SCPX) and 15 kDa pro-SCP2 proteins, both of which contain a 13 kDa SCP2 domain in their C-termini
wild-type mice fed a cholesterol-rich diet show increased weight gain, hepatic lipid, and bileacid accumulation. SCP-2 overexpression further exacerbates hepatic lipid accumulation in cholesterol-fed females and males. Primarily in female mice, hepatic cholesterol accumulation induced by SCP-2 overexpression is associated with increased levels of LDL receptor, HDL-receptor scavenger receptor SR-B1, liver fatty acid binding protein L-FABP, and 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, without alteration of other proteins involved in cholesterol uptake, esterification, efflux, or oxidation/transport of bile salts. The effects of SCP-2 overexpression and cholesterol-rich diet are downregulation of proteins involved in cholesterol transport like L-FABP and SR-B1, cholesterolsynthesis related to sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 and HMG-CoA reductase, and bile acid oxidation/transport
wild-type mice fed a cholesterol-rich diet show increased weight gain, hepatic lipid, and bileacid accumulation. SCP-2 overexpression further exacerbates hepatic lipid accumulation in cholesterol-fed females and males. Primarily in female mice, hepatic cholesterol accumulation induced by SCP-2 overexpression is associated with increased levels of LDL receptor, HDL-receptor scavenger receptor SR-B1, liver fatty acid binding protein L-FABP, and 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, without alteration of other proteins involved in cholesterol uptake, esterification, efflux, or oxidation/transport of bile salts. The effects of SCP-2 overexpression and cholesterol-rich diet are downregulation of proteins involved in cholesterol transport like L-FABP and SR-B1, cholesterolsynthesis related to sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 and HMG-CoA reductase, and bile acid oxidation/transport
wild-type mice fed a cholesterol-rich diet show increased weight gain, hepatic lipid, and bileacid accumulation. SCP-2 overexpression further exacerbates hepatic lipid accumulation in cholesterol-fed females and males. Primarily in female mice, hepatic cholesterol accumulation induced by SCP-2 overexpression is associated with increased levels of LDL receptor, HDL-receptor scavenger receptor SR-B1, liver fatty acid binding protein L-FABP, and 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, without alteration of other proteins involved in cholesterol uptake, esterification, efflux, or oxidation/transport of bile salts. The effects of SCP-2 overexpression and cholesterol-rich diet are downregulation of proteins involved in cholesterol transport like L-FABP and SR-B1, cholesterolsynthesis related to sterol regulatory element binding protein 2 and HMG-CoA reductase, and bile acid oxidation/transport
although SCP-2 was established as a protein that transfers cholesterol and phospholipids decades ago, recent findings with lipid rafts/caveolae and SCP-2 suggest that they may provide a conceptual link to metabolic processes that might be regulated through the respective signaling pathways