Regulated degradation of HMG CoA reductase requires conformational changes in sterol-sensing domain

HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) is regulated by UBIAD1 and Insigs and initializes cholesterol synthesis. Here authors show that the sterol sensing domain of HMGCR undergoes conformational changes to regulate its degradation via binding its protein modulators.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hongwen Chen, Xiaofeng Qi, Rebecca A. Faulkner, Marc M. Schumacher, Linda M. Donnelly, Russell A. DeBose-Boyd, Xiaochun Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32025-5