Mevalonic acid

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

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Prostatic Neoplasms D011471 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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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
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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
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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
Forman BM et al. The orphan nuclear receptor LXRalpha is positively and negatively regulated by distinct products of mevalonate metabolism. 1997 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:9380679
Arebalo RE et al. In vivo regulation of rat liver 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase: immunotitration of the enzyme after short-term mevalonate or cholesterol feeding. 1982 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6948302
Epstein WW et al. Quantitation of prenylcysteines by a selective cleavage reaction. 1991 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:1946384
Parker TS et al. Mevalonic acid in human plasma: relationship of concentration and circadian rhythm to cholesterol synthesis rates in man. 1982 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6953446
Lange BM and Croteau R Isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis via a mevalonate-independent pathway: isopentenyl monophosphate kinase catalyzes the terminal enzymatic step. 1999 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:10570138
Rauthan M et al. The mitochondrial unfolded protein response activator ATFS-1 protects cells from inhibition of the mevalonate pathway. 2013 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:23530189
Yasmin S et al. Mevalonate governs interdependency of ergosterol and siderophore biosyntheses in the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. 2012 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:22106303
Larson RA et al. Neutrophils are required for the DNA synthetic response of human lymphocytes to mevalonic acid: evidence suggesting that a nonsterol product of mevalonate is involved. 1982 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:6953445
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Wang Z et al. Interplay of mevalonate and Hippo pathways regulates RHAMM transcription via YAP to modulate breast cancer cell motility. 2014 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:24367099
Hecht S et al. Studies on the nonmevalonate pathway to terpenes: the role of the GcpE (IspG) protein. 2001 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:11752431
Kaneda K et al. An unusual isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase found in the mevalonate pathway gene cluster from Streptomyces sp. strain CL190. 2001 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:11158573
Takahashi S et al. A 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase catalyzing the formation of 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate in an alternative nonmevalonate pathway for terpenoid biosynthesis. 1998 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:9707569
James G et al. Resistance of K-RasBV12 proteins to farnesyltransferase inhibitors in Rat1 cells. 1996 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:8633088