Aster: A New Star in Cholesterol Trafficking.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2018.09.025.
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Abstract
Life evolved in an aqueous environment, necessitating the evolution of carrier proteins to shuttle lipophilic molecules within and between cells. Sandhu et. al. (2018) report the discovery of a long-sought-after cholesterol carrier protein, named Aster, which transports cholesterol from the plasma membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Medical subject headings
- Cholesterol
- Endoplasmic Reticulum