Mevalonic acid

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

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MeSH term MeSH ID Detail
Adenocarcinoma D000230 166 associated lipids
Adrenoleukodystrophy D000326 29 associated lipids
Biliary Fistula D001658 13 associated lipids
Body Weight D001835 333 associated lipids
Celiac Disease D002446 16 associated lipids
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic D002471 126 associated lipids
Colonic Neoplasms D003110 161 associated lipids
Diabetic Nephropathies D003928 39 associated lipids
Glioblastoma D005909 27 associated lipids
Glioma D005910 112 associated lipids
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular D006528 140 associated lipids
Hypercholesterolemia D006937 91 associated lipids
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II D006938 22 associated lipids
Hypergammaglobulinemia D006942 9 associated lipids
Hypertension D006973 115 associated lipids
Hypothyroidism D007037 32 associated lipids
Leukemia D007938 74 associated lipids
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors D008052 26 associated lipids
Niemann-Pick Diseases D009542 25 associated lipids
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome D010580 2 associated lipids
Prostatic Neoplasms D011471 126 associated lipids
Refsum Disease D012035 19 associated lipids
Thrombosis D013927 49 associated lipids
Xanthomatosis D014973 17 associated lipids
Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome D019082 7 associated lipids
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Ramachandran CK and Shah SN Decarboxylation of mevalonate pyrophosphate is one rate-limiting step in hepatic cholesterol synthesis in suckling and weaned rats. 1976 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:177019
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Rao GS and Ramasarma T ATP in the regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis- a supra-energetic role. 1972 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:5077855
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Sablé-Amplis R and Sicart R Evidence for negative feedback control of cholesterogenesis from mevalonate in liver: absence in the intestine of guinea pigs fed a 0.5% cholesterol diet. 1982 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:7181883
Cenedella RJ et al. Cholesterylene, a newly recognized tissue lipid, found at high levels in the cornea. 1992 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:1510688
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Polo MP and de Bravo MG Effect of geraniol on fatty-acid and mevalonate metabolism in the human hepatoma cell line Hep G2. 2006 Biochem. Cell Biol. pmid:16462894
Polo MP et al. Effect of ethanol on cell growth and cholesterol metabolism in cultured Hep G2 cells. 2003 Biochem. Cell Biol. pmid:14663504
Silber JR et al. The effect of mevalonic acid deprivation on enzymes of DNA replication in cells emerging from quiescence. 1992 Biochem. J. pmid:1281982
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Richards JB and Hemming FW Dolichols, ubiquinones, geranylgeraniol and farnesol as the major metabolites of mevalonate in Phytophthora cactorum. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:4643705
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Flint AP The activity and kinetic properties of mevalonate kinase in superovulated rat ovary. 1970 Biochem. J. pmid:4321929
Green TR and Baisted DJ Development of the activities of enzymes of the isoprenoid pathway during early stages of pea-seed germination. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:4348263
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Wilton DC The effect of excess mevalonic acid on ubiquinone and tetrahymanol biosynthesis in Tetrahymena pyriformis. 1985 Biochem. J. pmid:3929773
Wilton DC The effect of cholesterol on ubiquinone and tetrahymanol biosynthesis in Tetrahymena pyriformis. 1983 Biochem. J. pmid:6418144
Disch A et al. Distribution of the mevalonate and glyceraldehyde phosphate/pyruvate pathways for isoprenoid biosynthesis in unicellular algae and the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6714. 1998 Biochem. J. pmid:9657979
Swift IE and Milborrow BV Retention of the 4-pro-R hydrogen atom of mevalonate at C-2,2' of bacterioruberin in Halobacterium halobium. 1980 Biochem. J. pmid:7406867
Burt VT et al. The formation of menaquinone-4 (vitamin K) and its oxide in some marine invertebrates. 1977 Biochem. J. pmid:849285
Gibbons GF and Mitropoulos KA The effect of carbon monoxide on the nature of the accumulated 4,4-dimethyl sterol precursors of cholesterol during its biosynthesis from (2-14C)mevalonic acid in vitro. 1973 Biochem. J. pmid:4724584
Swift IE and Milborrow BV Stereochemistry of allene biosynthesis and the formation of the acetylenic carotenoid diadinoxanthin and peridinin (C37) from neoxanthin. 1981 Biochem. J. pmid:7337715
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Nave JF et al. Mechanism of the inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis by 6-fluoromevalonate. 1985 Biochem. J. pmid:2986604
Martin HG and Thorne KJ Synthesis of radioactive dolichol from (4S-3H)mevalonate in the regenerating rat liver. 1974 Biochem. J. pmid:4822733
Moshier SE and Chapman DJ Biosynthetic studies on aromatic carotenoids. Biosynthesis of chlorobactene. 1973 Biochem. J. pmid:4774401
Gregory KW et al. Diurnal variations in rat liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase activity in relation to feeding. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:4656802
Kam NT et al. Effect of lovastatin on acyl-CoA: cholesterol O-acyltransferase (ACAT) activity and the basolateral-membrane secretion of newly synthesized lipids by CaCo-2 cells. 1990 Biochem. J. pmid:2268271
Hornby GM and Boyd GS The origin of lanosta-7,24-dienol in rat skin. 1971 Biochem. J. pmid:5131739
Richards JB et al. Dolichol phosphates as acceptors of mannose from guanosine diphosphate mannose in liver systems. 1971 Biochem. J. pmid:5131017
Thorne KJ and Barker DC The bactoprenol content of plasma and mesosome membranes from Lactobacillus casei. 1971 Biochem. J. pmid:5001951
Milborrow BV and Noddle RC Conversion of 5-(1,2-epoxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)-3-methylpenta-cis-2-trans-4-dienoic acid into abscisic acid in plants. 1970 Biochem. J. pmid:5493506
Green TR and Baisted DJ Development of the squalene-synthesizing system during early stages of pea seed germination. 1971 Biochem. J. pmid:4335540
Bolger LM et al. Biosynthesis of 24-ethylcholesta-5,22,25-trien-3-beta-ol, a new sterol from Clerodendrum campbellii. 1970 Biochem. J. pmid:5472151
Ginger ML et al. Elucidation of carbon sources used for the biosynthesis of fatty acids and sterols in the trypanosomatid Leishmania mexicana. 1999 Biochem. J. pmid:10455027
Gough DP et al. The characterization of undecaprenol of Lactobacillus plantarum. 1970 Biochem. J. pmid:5472148
Atkin SD et al. The isolation of 2,3-oxidosqualene from the liver of rats treated with 1-dodecylimidazole, a novel hypocholesterolaemic agent. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:4655417
De Souza NJ et al. Studies on insect moulting hormones: biosynthesis of ponasterone A and ecdysterone from [2-14C] mevalonate in Taxus baccata. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5343810
Bolger LM et al. Incorporation of [2-14C] mevalonic acid into 28-isofucosterol by leaves of Pisum sativum. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5343809
Hepper CM and Audley BG Th biosynthesis of rubber from beta-hydroxy-beta-methylgluarylcoenzyme A in Hevea brasiliensis latex. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:4390212
Buggy MJ et al. Stereochemistry of phytoene biosynthesis by isolated chloroplasts. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:4309532
Robinson DR and Ryback G Incorporation of tritium from [(4R)-4-3H]mevalonate into abscisic acid. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5821014
Rees HH et al. Studies in phytosterol biosynthesis. Mechanism of biosynthesis of cycloartenol. 1968 Biochem. J. pmid:4297048
West CA Gibberellins and their biosynthesis. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5810062
Francis MJ and Allcock C Monoterpene beta-D-glucosides in roses: isolation and formation from DL-2-14C mevalonate. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5807204
Reid WW Effect of SKF7997 and SKF525 on diterpene and sterol biosynthesis in Gibberella fujikori from [2-14C] mevalonate. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5807203
Gray JC and Kekwick RG Mevalonate kinase from etiolated cotyledons of French beans. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5807202
Austin DG et al. Trisporic acid biosynthesis and carotenogenesis in Blakesleea trispora. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5807198
Hill HM and Rogers LJ Conversion of lycopene into beta-carotene by chloroplasts of higher plants. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5807194
Barr RM and Hemming FW Polyprenol phosphate as an acceptor of mannose from guanosine diphosphate mannose in Aspergillus niger. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:5073732
Liuzzi A and Foppen FH Sterol-like compound from sensory ganglia. Effect of a nerve growth factor and insulin on its biosynthesis. 1968 Biochem. J. pmid:5641875
Parsons RB et al. Statins inhibit the dimerization of beta-secretase via both isoprenoid- and cholesterol-mediated mechanisms. 2006 Biochem. J. pmid:16803455
Williams RJ et al. The biosynthesis of cyclic carotenes. 1967 Biochem. J. pmid:6060456
Wieckowski S and Goodwin TW Incorporation of DL-[2-14C]mevalonic acid lactone into beta-carotene and the phytol side chain of chlorophyll in cotyledons of four species of pine seedlings. 1967 Biochem. J. pmid:6060454
Gough DP and Hemming FW The stereochemistry of betulaprenol biosynthesis. 1967 Biochem. J. pmid:6056617
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Rees HH et al. The biosynthesis of beta-amyrin. Mechanism of squalene cyclization. 1968 Biochem. J. pmid:5639923
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Thorne KJ and Kodicek E The structure of bactoprenol, a lipid formed by lactobacilli from mevalonic acid. 1966 Biochem. J. pmid:5965329
Overton KH and Roberts FM Biosynthesis of trans, trans- and cis, trans-farnesols by soluble enzymes from tissue cultures of Andrographis paniculata. 1974 Biochem. J. pmid:4468823
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Joshi VC et al. Biosynthetic relationship between ubichromenol and ubiquinone. 1964 Biochem. J. pmid:5838088
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Campos N et al. Escherichia coli engineered to synthesize isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate from mevalonate: a novel system for the genetic analysis of the 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis. 2001 Biochem. J. pmid:11115399
Milborrow BV Stereochemical aspects of the formation of double bonds in abscisic acid. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:4643698
RAMASARMA T and RAMAKRISHNAN T Incorporation of [2-14C]mevalonic acid and [2-14C]acetic acid into lipids of mycobacteria. 1961 Biochem. J. pmid:14038591
Banthorpe DV et al. Biosynthesis of geraniol and nerol and beta-D-glucosides in Pelargonium graveolens and Rosa dilecta. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:4348258
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Disch A et al. Mevalonate-derived isopentenyl diphosphate is the biosynthetic precursor of ubiquinone prenyl side chain in tobacco BY-2 cells. 1998 Biochem. J. pmid:9531505
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Goad LJ et al. Incorporation of (2-14C, (5r)-5-3H1) mevalonic acid into cholesterol by a rat liver homogenate and into beta-sitosterol and 28-isofucosterol by larix decidua leaves. 1969 Biochem. J. pmid:5348842
Barr RM and Hemming FW Polyprenols of Aspergillus niger. Their characterization, biosynthesis and subcellular distribution. 1972 Biochem. J. pmid:5073731
Wade DP et al. Independent regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase and chylomicron remnant receptor activities in rat liver. 1984 Biochem. J. pmid:6324750
Thorne KJ Incorporation of radioactive mevalonate into C50 and C55 phenols by Streptococcus mutans. 1973 Biochem. J. pmid:4772282
Derksen A et al. Non-human primate platelets and arterial tissue cannot convert preformed [14C]lanosterol into[14C]cholesterol in vivo. 1976 Biochem. J. pmid:822845
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Scharf SS and Simpson KL Attempts to detect lycopersene formation in yeast. 1968 Biochem. J. pmid:5753091
Booth R et al. The effect of dietary cholesterol on cholesterol biosynthesis and other processes in mammalian liver. 1971 Biochem. J. pmid:5124798
Li G et al. Blockade of mevalonate production by lovastatin attenuates bombesin and vasopressin potentiation of nutrient-induced insulin secretion in HIT-T15 cells. Probable involvement of small GTP-binding proteins. 1993 Biochem. J. pmid:8424783