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by NG | Mar 16, 2018 | Wisteria

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Lathosterol is a cholesterol-like molecule found small amounts in humans.^[1] Sterol-C5-desaturase-like acts upon it. It is accumulated in lathosterolosis.

See also

Lathosterol oxidase

References

^ Myant N.M. (1981). "The Distribution of Sterols and Related Steroids in Nature". The Biology of Cholesterol and Related Steroids: 123–159. doi:10.1016/B978-0-433-22880-6.50010-2. ISBN 9780433228806.

Cholesterol and steroid metabolic intermediates

Mevalonate pathway

to HMG-CoA	Acetyl-CoA Acetoacetyl-CoA HMB HMB-CoA HMG-CoA
Ketone bodies	Acetone Acetoacetic acid β-Hydroxybutyric acid
to DMAPP	Mevalonic acid Phosphomevalonic acid 5-Diphosphomevalonic acid Isopentenyl pyrophosphate Dimethylallyl pyrophosphate
Geranyl-	Geranyl pyrophosphate Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate
Carotenoid	Prephytoene diphosphate Phytoene

Non-mevalonate pathway

From Cholesterol
to Steroid hormones

Nonhuman

To Sitosterol	Cycloartenol Cycloeucalenol Obtusifoliol 4α-methylfecosterol Isofucosterol 24-Methylenelophenol Sitosterol More Phytosterols see here instead.
To Ergocalciferol	Fecosterol Episterol Ergostatrienol Ergostatetraenol Ergosterol Ergocalciferol

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