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Sterol methyltransferase 1 controls the level of cholesterol in plants.

The Plant cell - 1 Jun 2000

Diener A C, Li H, Zhou W, Whoriskey W J, Nes W D, Fink G R

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The side chain in plant sterols can have either a methyl or ethyl addition at carbon 24 that is absent in cholesterol. The ethyl addition is the product of two sequential methyl additions. Arabidopsis contains three genes-sterol methyltransferase 1 (SMT1), SMT2, and SMT3-homologous to yeast ERG6, which is known to encode an S-adenosylmethionine-dependent C-24 SMT that catalyzes a single methyl addition. The SMT1...

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PMID: 10852933
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.6.853
PMCID: PMC149089

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