Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, mitochondrial

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• cholesterol

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  (in) = cholesterol

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  • UniProtKB:P49675 (STAR_HUMAN)
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<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:<p><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• cholesterol binding Source: MGI <p>Inferred from Direct Assay</p> <p>Used to indicate a direct assay for the function, process or component indicated by the GO term.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#ida">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from direct assayⁱ
  • "The cholesterol-regulated StarD4 gene encodes a StAR-related lipid transfer protein with two closely related homologues, StarD5 and StarD6."
    Soccio R.E., Adams R.M., Romanowski M.J., Sehayek E., Burley S.K., Breslow J.L.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:6943-6948(2002) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• cholesterol transfer activity Source: InterPro

GO - Biological processⁱ

• bile acid biosynthetic process Source: MGI
• biphenyl metabolic process Source: Ensembl
• brain development Source: Ensembl
• cellular lipid metabolic process Source: MGI <p>Inferred from Mutant Phenotype</p> <p>Describes annotations that are concluded from looking at variations or changes in a gene product such as mutations or abnormal levels and includes techniques such as knockouts, overexpression, anti-sense experiments and use of specific protein inhibitors.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#imp">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • "Targeted disruption of the mouse gene encoding steroidogenic acute regulatory protein provides insights into congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia."
    Caron K.M., Soo S.C., Wetsel W.C., Stocco D.M., Clark B.J., Parker K.L.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94:11540-11545(1997) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• cellular response to alkaloid Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to antibiotic Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to cadmium ion Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to cAMP Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to dexamethasone stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to epinephrine stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to fibroblast growth factor stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to follicle-stimulating hormone stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to glucose stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to growth hormone stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to insulin stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to interferon-alpha Source: MGI
• cellular response to interferon-gamma Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to lipopolysaccharide Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to luteinizing hormone stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cholesterol metabolic process Source: UniProtKB-UniPathway
• circadian sleep/wake cycle, REM sleep Source: Ensembl
• dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolic process Source: Ensembl
• diterpenoid metabolic process Source: Ensembl
• estrogen biosynthetic process Source: MGI
• glucocorticoid metabolic process Source: MGIInferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • "Targeted disruption of the mouse gene encoding steroidogenic acute regulatory protein provides insights into congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia."
    Caron K.M., Soo S.C., Wetsel W.C., Stocco D.M., Clark B.J., Parker K.L.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94:11540-11545(1997) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• insecticide metabolic process Source: Ensembl
• intracellular cholesterol transport Source: GO_Central <p>Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor</p> <p>A type of phylogenetic evidence whereby an aspect of a descendent is inferred through the characterization of an aspect of a ancestral gene.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#iba">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from biological aspect of ancestorⁱ
  • "Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium."
    Gaudet P., Livstone M.S., Lewis S.E., Thomas P.D.
    Brief. Bioinformatics 12:449-462(2011) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• male gonad development Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process Source: MGI
• phenol-containing compound metabolic process Source: Ensembl
• phthalate metabolic process Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of bile acid biosynthetic process Source: MGI
• positive regulation of gene expression Source: MGI
• positive regulation of neurogenesis Source: MGI
• regulation of neuronal synaptic plasticity Source: MGI
• regulation of steroid biosynthetic process Source: MGIInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • Ref.1

    "The purification, cloning, and expression of a novel luteinizing hormone-induced mitochondrial protein in MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells. Characterization of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR)."
    Clark B.J., Wells J., King S.R., Stocco D.M.
    J. Biol. Chem. 269:28314-28322(1994) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]

    Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], PARTIAL PROTEIN SEQUENCE, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION.
• response to activity Source: Ensembl
• response to corticosterone Source: Ensembl
• response to estrogen Source: Ensembl
• response to ethanol Source: Ensembl
• response to fungicide Source: Ensembl
• response to herbicide Source: Ensembl
• response to hydrogen peroxide Source: Ensembl
• response to ionizing radiation Source: Ensembl
• response to lead ion Source: Ensembl
• response to leptin Source: Ensembl
• response to nicotine Source: Ensembl
• response to nutrient Source: Ensembl
• steroid biosynthetic process Source: GO_CentralInferred from biological aspect of ancestorⁱ
  • "Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium."
    Gaudet P., Livstone M.S., Lewis S.E., Thomas P.D.
    Brief. Bioinformatics 12:449-462(2011) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• testosterone biosynthetic process Source: Ensembl

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Enzyme and pathway databases

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Organism-specific databases

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Chemistry databases

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Molecule processing

Amino acid modifications

Keywords - PTMⁱ

Proteomic databases

PTM databases

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Gene expression databases

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Protein-protein interaction databases

Miscellaneous databases

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3D structure databases

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Domains and Repeats

Compositional bias

Keywords - Domainⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence%5Flength">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>. The information is filed in different subsections. The current subsections and their content are listed below:<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence (1+)ⁱ

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<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.<p><a href='/help/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingⁱ: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

This entry has 1 described isoform and 1 potential isoform that is computationally mapped.Show allAlign All

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MFLATFKLCA GSSYRHMRNM KGLRHQAVLA IGQELNWRAL GDSSPGWMGQ 
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VRRRSSLLGS QLEATLYSDQ ELSYIQQGEV AMQKALGILN NQEGWKKESQ 
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QENGDEVLSK MVPDVGKVFR LEVVVDQPMD RLYEELVDRM EAMGEWNPNV 
       160        170        180        190        200
KEIKVLQRIG KDTVITHELA AAAAGNLVGP RDFVSVRCTK RRGSTCVLAG 
       210        220        230        240        250
MATHFGEMPE QSGVIRAEHG PTCMVLHPLA GSPSKTKLTW LLSIDLKGWL 
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PKTIINQVLS QTQIEFANHL RKRLEASPAS EAQC                  

Experimental Info

Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

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• 100% Identity
• 90% Identity
• 50% Identity

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3D structure databases

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Chemistry databases

PTM databases

Proteomic databases

Protocols and materials databases

Genome annotation databases

Organism-specific databases

Phylogenomic databases

Enzyme and pathway databases

Miscellaneous databases

Gene expression databases

Family and domain databases

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Keywords - Technical termⁱ

Documents

1. MGD cross-references
   Mouse Genome Database (MGD) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
2. PATHWAY comments
   Index of metabolic and biosynthesis pathways