Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Structural basis for human sterol isomerase in cholesterol biosynthesis and multidrug recognition

  • Tao Long,
  • Abdirahman Hassan,
  • Bonne M Thompson,
  • Jeffrey G McDonald,
  • Jiawei Wang,
  • Xiaochun Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10279-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Emopamil-Binding Protein (EBP), is an endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, autophagy and oligodendrocyte formation. Here, authors report two crystal structures of human EBP and identify a pharmacological binding site that accommodates multiple different ligands.