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Scavenger receptor class B type I is a plasma membrane cholesterol sensor.
Circulation research - 4 Jan 2013
Saddar Sonika, Carriere Véronique, Lee Wan-Ru, Tanigaki Keiji, Yuhanna Ivan S, Parathath Sajesh, Morel Etienne, Warrier Manya, Sawyer Janet K, Gerard Robert D, Temel Ryan E, Brown J Mark, Connelly Margery, Mineo Chieko, Shaul Philip W
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Signal initiation by the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) receptor scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI), which is important to actions of HDL on endothelium and other processes, requires cholesterol efflux and the C-terminal transmembrane domain. The C-terminal transmembrane domain uniquely interacts with plasma membrane (PM) cholesterol. OBJECTIVE: The molecular basis and functional significance...
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