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Lathosterol

Index Lathosterol

Lathosterol is a cholesterol-like molecule found small amounts in humans. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 3 relations: Cholesterol, Lathosterolosis, Sterol-C5-desaturase-like.

  2. Cholestanes

Cholesterol

Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Lathosterol and Cholesterol are Cholestanes and sterols.

See Lathosterol and Cholesterol

Lathosterolosis

Lathosterolosis is an inborn error of cholesterol biosynthesis caused by a deficiency of the enzyme 3-beta-hydroxysteroid-delta-5-desaturase.

See Lathosterol and Lathosterolosis

Sterol-C5-desaturase-like

Lathosterol oxidase is a Δ7-sterol 5(6)-desaturase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SC5D gene.

See Lathosterol and Sterol-C5-desaturase-like

See also

Cholestanes

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathosterol