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Summary Expression Phenotypes Gene Literature (10) GO Terms (12) Nucleotides (133) Proteins (50) Interactants (147) Wiki
XB-GENEPAGE-999723
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steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

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( Nomenclature history )

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MLN, STAR and related lipid-binding proteins

Protein Function :
Plays a key role in steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the metabolism of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Mediates the transfer of cholesterol from the outer mitochondrial membrane to the inner mitoc...[+]


InterPro :
StAR-like, START-like dom sf, StAR, START lipid-bd dom, [+]

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Diseases: 


Disease Ontology:
congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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???displayGene.expression???                  Development Stages                                               Embryonic Tissues                                                                Adult Tissues
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Xenbase Expression Details In situ images Single cell data at SPRING In situ: RNA-Seq:


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