Lipoidal Steroid Esterase:

Terms Related to Lipoidal Steroid Esterase

• Cholesterol Esters

  Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is ...

• Sterol O Acyltransferase

  An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of cholesterol esters by the direct transfer of the fatty acid group from a fatty acyl CoA derivative. This ...

• Phosophatidylcholine-Sterol Acyltransferase

  An enzyme secreted from the liver into the plasma of many mammalian species. It catalyzes the esterification of the hydroxyl group of lipoprotein cholesterol by ...

• Cholesteryl Esters

  Fatty acid esters of cholesterol which constitute about two-thirds of the cholesterol in the plasma. The accumulation of cholesterol esters in the arterial intima is ...