Cholesterol metabolism (WP5304)

Homo sapiens

This pathway includes the following processes regarding cholesterol metabolism: I) Absorption of cholesterol in the enterocyte, II) Forming of chylomicrons and other lipid droplets, III) Distinction between Bloch and Kandutsch-Russell cholesterol biosynthesis, IV) Absorption of cholesterol in the hepatocyte and V) Transintestinal cholesterol excretion (TICE).

Authors

Tom Pauly , Susan Coort , Egon Willighagen , and Eric Weitz

Activity

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Organisms

Homo sapiens

Communities

Annotations

Pathway Ontology

cholesterol transport pathway cholesterol biosynthetic pathway cholesterol metabolic pathway

Cell Type Ontology

enterocyte hepatocyte

Participants

Label Type Compact URI Comment
27-Hydroxycholesterol Metabolite chebi:17703
Bile acid Metabolite chebi:22868
7-alpha-hydroxycholesterol Metabolite chebi:17500
Zymosterol Metabolite chebi:18252
Lanosterol Metabolite chebi:16521
Desmosterol Metabolite chebi:17737
Esterase Metabolite hmdb:HMDB0302632
Zymostenol Metabolite chebi:16608
Phospholipase Metabolite hmdb:HMDB0302979
24,25-dihydrolanosterol Metabolite chebi:28113
Phospholipid Metabolite chebi:16247
Cholesterol Metabolite chebi:16113
Cholesteryl ester Metabolite chebi:17002
Triacylglycerol Metabolite chebi:17855
Fatty acid Metabolite chebi:35366
Diacylglycerol Metabolite chebi:18035
Monoacylglycerol Metabolite chebi:17408
DGL Metabolite chebi:15966
Lysophospholipid Metabolite chebi:16961
triacylglycerols Metabolite chebi:17855
Cholesterol ester Metabolite chebi:17002
(S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene Metabolite chebi:15441
Mevalonicacid Metabolite cas:150-97-0
Farnesylpyrophosphate Metabolite cas:13058-04-3
Lathosterol Metabolite cas:80-99-9
Mevalonic acid 5-pyrophosphate Metabolite cas:1492-08-6
7-Dehydrocholesterol Metabolite cas:434-16-2
Isopentenylpyrophosphate Metabolite cas:358-71-4
HMG-CoA Metabolite hmdb:HMDB0001375
Geranyl-PP Metabolite cas:6699-20-3
Cholesterol Metabolite cas:57-88-5
Mevalonic acid-5P Metabolite cas:73566-35-5
Squalene Metabolite cas:111-02-4
Acetyl-CoA Metabolite cas:72-89-9
Dimethylallylpyrophosphate Metabolite cas:358-72-5
Mevalonic acid Metabolite cas:150-97-0
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate Metabolite cas:358-71-4
Dimethylallyl pyrophosphate Metabolite cas:358-72-5
lanosterol Metabolite chebi:16521
farnesyl pyrophosphate Metabolite cas:13058-04-3
desmosterol Metabolite chebi:17737
LCAT GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000213398
ABCG5 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000138075
SOAT1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000057252
STAR GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000147465
SLC27A4 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000167114
MTTP GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000138823
LRP1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000123384
APOH GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000091583
NPC2 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000119655
APOA4 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000110244
SORT1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000134243
LDLR GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000130164
APOC2 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000234906
APOC3 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000110245
ANGPTL8 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000130173
APOC1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000130208
LBR GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000143815
CYP51A1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000001630
APOA1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000118137
PLTP GeneProduct ncbigene:5360
LPL GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000175445
APOA2 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000158874
APOB GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000084674
CETP GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000087237
CYP7A1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000167910
LRPAP1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000163956
CIDEB GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000136305
APOE GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000130203
DHCR24 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000116133
TSPO GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000100300
PCSK9 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000169174
DGAT1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000185000
VAPA GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000101558
MGAT1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000131446
OSBPL5 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000021762
HSD17B7 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000132196
LIPG GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000101670
NPC1 GeneProduct hgnc.symbol:NPC1
LPA GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000198670
STARD3 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000131748
ANGPTL3 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000132855
LDLRAP1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000157978
EBP GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000147155
CD36 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000135218
SCARB1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000073060
TM7SF2 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000149809
ABCA1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000165029
VDAC1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000213585
MYLIP GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000007944
CYP27A1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000135929
LIPC GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000166035
ABCB11 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000073734
LIPA GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000107798
ABCG8 GeneProduct ncbigene:64241
ABCG5 GeneProduct ncbigene:64240
NPC1L1 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000015520
ACAT2 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000120437
SAR1B GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000152700
NSDHL GeneProduct ncbigene:50814 NAD(P) dependent steroid dehydrogenase-like
FDPS GeneProduct ncbigene:2224
HMGCS1 GeneProduct ncbigene:3157
SC4MOL GeneProduct ncbigene:6307
SQLE GeneProduct ncbigene:6713
IDI1 GeneProduct ncbigene:3422
MVD GeneProduct ncbigene:4597
HMGCR GeneProduct ncbigene:3156
DHCR7 GeneProduct ncbigene:1717
PMVK GeneProduct ncbigene:10654
SC5DL GeneProduct ncbigene:6309
FDFT1 GeneProduct ncbigene:2222
LSS GeneProduct ncbigene:4047
MVK GeneProduct ncbigene:4598
FABP2 GeneProduct ensembl:ENSG00000145384
Triacylglycerol lipase Protein uniprot:A0A087WX88
Apolipoprotein B-100 Protein uniprot:A8MUN2

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