Mevalonic acid

Mevalonic acid is a lipid of Fatty Acyls (FA) class.

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MeSH term MeSH ID Detail
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome D010580 2 associated lipids
Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome D019082 7 associated lipids
Hypergammaglobulinemia D006942 9 associated lipids
Biliary Fistula D001658 13 associated lipids
Celiac Disease D002446 16 associated lipids
Xanthomatosis D014973 17 associated lipids
Refsum Disease D012035 19 associated lipids
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II D006938 22 associated lipids
Niemann-Pick Diseases D009542 25 associated lipids
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors D008052 26 associated lipids
Glioblastoma D005909 27 associated lipids
Adrenoleukodystrophy D000326 29 associated lipids
Hypothyroidism D007037 32 associated lipids
Diabetic Nephropathies D003928 39 associated lipids
Thrombosis D013927 49 associated lipids
Leukemia D007938 74 associated lipids
Hypercholesterolemia D006937 91 associated lipids
Glioma D005910 112 associated lipids
Hypertension D006973 115 associated lipids
Prostatic Neoplasms D011471 126 associated lipids
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic D002471 126 associated lipids
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular D006528 140 associated lipids
Colonic Neoplasms D003110 161 associated lipids
Adenocarcinoma D000230 166 associated lipids
Body Weight D001835 333 associated lipids
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Ginestier C et al. Mevalonate metabolism regulates Basal breast cancer stem cells and is a potential therapeutic target. 2012 Stem Cells pmid:22605458
Haratake A et al. Acceleration of de novo cholesterol synthesis in the epidermis influences desquamation of the stratum corneum in aged mice. 2006 Skin Pharmacol Physiol pmid:16778459
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Bellosta S et al. Statins effect on smooth muscle cell proliferation. 2004 Semin Vasc Med pmid:15861311
Cornforth JW Asymmetry and enzyme action. 1976 Science pmid:935862
Edmond J et al. Mevalonate metabolism: role of kidneys. 1976 Science pmid:935865
Farnsworth CC et al. Identification of geranylgeranyl-modified proteins in HeLa cells. 1990 Science pmid:2296721
MEROLA AJ and ARNOLD A ESTRONE INHIBITION OF CHOLESTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS AT THE MEVALONIC ACID STAGE. 1964 Science pmid:14169718
FIMOGNARI GM and RODWELL VW CHOLESTEROL BIOSYNTHESIS: MEVALONATE SYNTHESIS INHIBITED BY BILE SALTS. 1965 Science pmid:14245778
Graebe JE Isoprenoid biosynthesis in a cell-free system from pea shoots. 1967 Science pmid:4381746
Yi P et al. The mevalonate pathway controls heart formation in Drosophila by isoprenylation of Ggamma1. 2006 Science pmid:16857902
Galli G et al. Sterol precursors of cholesterol in adult human brain. 1968 Science pmid:5700071
Jomaa H et al. Inhibitors of the nonmevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis as antimalarial drugs. 1999 Science pmid:10477522
Matsumoto Y et al. A critical role of mevalonate for peptidoglycan synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. 2016 Sci Rep pmid:26961421
Pina ES et al. Mevalonate-derived quinonemethide triterpenoid from in vitro roots of Peritassa laevigata and their localization in root tissue by MALDI imaging. 2016 Sci Rep pmid:26943243
Kain V et al. Simvastatin may induce insulin resistance through a novel fatty acid mediated cholesterol independent mechanism. 2015 Sci Rep pmid:26345110
Warita K et al. Statin-induced mevalonate pathway inhibition attenuates the growth of mesenchymal-like cancer cells that lack functional E-cadherin mediated cell cohesion. 2014 Sci Rep pmid:25534349
Omar SH Oleuropein in olive and its pharmacological effects. 2010 Apr-Jun Sci Pharm pmid:21179340
Feitosa AO et al. Lethality of cytochalasin B and other compounds isolated from fungus Aspergillus sp. (Trichocomaceae) endophyte of Bauhinia guianensis (Fabaceae). 2016 Jul - Sep Rev. Argent. Microbiol. pmid:27567521
Ali OF et al. Pleiotropic effects of statins in distal human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. 2011 Respir. Res. pmid:21999923
Schaafsma D et al. Simvastatin inhibits TGFβ1-induced fibronectin in human airway fibroblasts. 2011 Respir. Res. pmid:21864337
Capra V and Rovati GE Rosuvastatin inhibits human airway smooth muscle cells mitogenic response to eicosanoid contractile agents. 2014 Pulm Pharmacol Ther pmid:23806820
Olson AL et al. Substrate induced structural and dynamics changes in human phosphomevalonate kinase and implications for mechanism. 2009 Proteins pmid:18798562
Vinokur JM et al. Structural analysis of mevalonate-3-kinase provides insight into the mechanisms of isoprenoid pathway decarboxylases. 2015 Protein Sci. pmid:25422158
Korman TP et al. A synthetic biochemistry system for the in vitro production of isoprene from glycolysis intermediates. 2014 Protein Sci. pmid:24623472
Rosenthal RS and Rodwell VW Purification and characterization of the heteromeric transcriptional activator MvaT of the Pseudomonas mevalonii mvaAB operon. 1998 Protein Sci. pmid:9514272
Andreassi JL et al. Crystal structure of the Streptococcus pneumoniae mevalonate kinase in complex with diphosphomevalonate. 2007 Protein Sci. pmid:17400916
Hedl M and Rodwell VW Inhibition of the class II HMG-CoA reductase of Pseudomonas mevalonii. 2004 Protein Sci. pmid:15152097
Hedl M and Rodwell VW Enterococcus faecalis mevalonate kinase. 2004 Protein Sci. pmid:14767074
Kim DY et al. Expression and characterization of the HMG-CoA reductase of the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. 1999 Protein Expr. Purif. pmid:10600463
Yildirim FI et al. Aggravating effect of atorvastatin on indomethacin-induced gastric injury: Focus on PGE2, TNF-α, neutrophils and iNOS. 2015 Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat. pmid:26201058
Kabara JJ A critical review of brain cholesterol metabolism. 1973 Prog. Brain Res. pmid:4608424
Popják G and Meenan A Regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase: search for the enzyme's repressor derived from mevalonate. 1987 Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. pmid:2892200
Cornforth J Symmetry of squalene epoxidation in vivo. 1977 Proc. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. pmid:22855
Shi Z and Ruvkun G The mevalonate pathway regulates microRNA activity in Caenorhabditis elegans. 2012 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:22396595
Saito Y et al. Animal cell mutants defective in sterol metabolism: a specific selection procedure and partial characterization of defects. 1977 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:269426
Cuthbert JA and Lipsky PE Modulation of human lymphocyte responses by low density lipoproteins (LDL): enhancement but not immunosuppression is mediated by LDL receptors. 1984 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6087331
Huneeus VQ et al. Isopentenyladenine as a mediator of mevalonate-regulated DNA replication. 1980 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6934516
Kopito RR and Brunengraber H (R)-mevalonate excretion in human and rat urines. 1980 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6255462
Brown MS and Goldstein JL Familial hypercholesterolemia: defective binding of lipoproteins to cultured fibroblasts associated with impaired regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity. 1974 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:4362634
Polotskaia A et al. Proteome-wide analysis of mutant p53 targets in breast cancer identifies new levels of gain-of-function that influence PARP, PCNA, and MCM4. 2015 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:25733866
Fisher JE et al. Alendronate mechanism of action: geranylgeraniol, an intermediate in the mevalonate pathway, prevents inhibition of osteoclast formation, bone resorption, and kinase activation in vitro. 1999 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:9874784
Giron MD et al. Mevalonate-mediated suppression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase function in alpha-toxin-perforated cells. 1994 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:8022795
Sinensky M et al. Somatic cell genetic analysis of regulation of expression of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. 1980 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6935672
Goldstein JL et al. Genetic heterogeneity in familial hypercholesterolemia: evidence for two different mutations affecting functions of low-density lipoprotein receptor. 1975 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:236556
Arebalo RE et al. In vivo regulation of rat liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase: enzyme phosphorylation as an early regulatory response after intragastric administration of mevalonolactone. 1980 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6256737
Hampton RY and Bhakta H Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase. 1997 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:9371780
McNamara DJ et al. Measurement of daily cholesterol synthesis rates in man by assay of the fractional conversion of mevalonic acid to cholesterol. 1977 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:268653
Balasubramaniam S et al. Regulation of cholesterol synthesis in rat adrenal gland through coordinate control of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase and reductase activities. 1977 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:16260
Zheng YH et al. Nef increases the synthesis of and transports cholesterol to lipid rafts and HIV-1 progeny virions. 2003 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:12824470