'Shark molecule' protects cholesterol enzyme from destruction

Monday, March 16, 2020 - 08:50 in Health & Medicine

A team of scientists have shown in cell lines that a key cholesterol synthesis enzyme—squalene monooxygenase (SM) – is controlled by the levels of its target molecule, squalene. The findings, published in international journal PNAS, have implications for the development of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

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