Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

MMAB promotes negative feedback control of cholesterol homeostasis

  • Leigh Goedeke,
  • Alberto Canfrán-Duque,
  • Noemi Rotllan,
  • Balkrishna Chaube,
  • Bonne M. Thompson,
  • Richard G. Lee,
  • Gary W. Cline,
  • Jeffrey G. McDonald,
  • Gerald I. Shulman,
  • Miguel A. Lasunción,
  • Yajaira Suárez,
  • Carlos Fernández-Hernando

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26787-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The mechanisms governing cholesterol homeostasis remain incompletely understood. Here, the authors develop an integrative genomic strategy to identify MMAB, and enzyme in the adenosylcobalamin pathway, as a regulator of hepatic LDLR activity and cholesterol biosynthesis.