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  2. Cholesterol total synthesis - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol total synthesis in chemistry describes the total synthesis of the complex biomolecule cholesterol and is considered a great scientific achievement. [1] The research group of Robert Robinson with John Cornforth ( Oxford University ) published their synthesis in 1951 [ 2 ] and that of Robert Burns Woodward with Franz Sondheimer ...

  3. Lipid metabolism - Wikipedia

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    The second step in lipid metabolism is absorption of fats. Short chain fatty acids can be absorbed in the stomach, while most absorption of fats occurs only in the small intestines. Once the triglycerides are broken down into individual fatty acids and glycerols, along with cholesterol, they will aggregate into structures called micelles. Fatty ...

  4. Cholesterol - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. [3] [4]Cholesterol is biosynthesized by all animal cells [citation needed] and is an essential structural and signaling component of animal cell membranes.

  5. 7-Dehydrocholesterol - Wikipedia

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    This is the next-to-last step of cholesterol biosynthesis. [4] Defective synthesis results in the human inherited disorder lathosterolosis resembling Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome. [4] Mice where this gene has been deleted lose the ability to increase vitamin D 3 in the blood following UV exposure of the skin. [5]

  6. Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme - Wikipedia

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    These involve 2 hydroxylations of the cholesterol side-chain, which generate, first, 22R-hydroxycholesterol and then 20alpha,22R-dihydroxycholesterol. The final step cleaves the bond between carbons 20 and 22, resulting in the production of pregnenolone and isocaproic aldehyde. Each monooxygenase step requires 2 electrons (reducing equivalents).

  7. 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase - Wikipedia

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    The protein encoded by this gene is an enzyme catalyzing the production of cholesterol from 7-dehydrocholesterol using NADPH.. The DHCR7 gene encodes delta-7-sterol reductase (EC 1.3.1.21), the ultimate enzyme of mammalian sterol biosynthesis that converts 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) to cholesterol.

  8. De novo synthesis - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol also serves as a precursor for the biosynthesis of steroid hormones, bile acid [2] and vitamin D. In mammals cholesterol is either absorbed from dietary sources or is synthesized de novo. Up to 70-80% of de novo cholesterol synthesis occurs in the liver, and about 10% of de novo cholesterol synthesis occurs in the small intestine. [3]

  9. Reverse cholesterol transport - Wikipedia

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    Reverse cholesterol transport is a multi-step process resulting in the net movement of cholesterol from peripheral tissues back to the liver first via entering the lymphatic system, then the bloodstream. [1] Cholesterol from non-hepatic peripheral tissues is transferred to HDL by the ABCA1 (ATP-binding cassette transporter). [2]