'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.