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Membrane-Bound Enzymes of Sterol Metabolism

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This chapter will be limited to enzymes of animal origin, and it will not, therefore, include those that make plant steroids, such as ergosterol or the vitamin D family of compounds. Steroids of animal origin are either precursors of cholesterol or have cholesterol as a common progenitor. Hence we will be concerned with the membrane-bound enzymes that catalyze specific reaction steps in the biosynthesis of cholesterol or the transformation of cholesterol to bile acids or steroid hormones. Microsomal enzymes that participate in sterol esterification or the hydrolysis of sterol esters will not be reviewed. The subject of cholesterol esterification has been reviewed previously (Norum, 1974). Studies on esterases, transferases, and hydrolases of sterol ester metabolism are cited in recent publications by Stokke (1974) and Sakamoto et al. (1974).

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