Mevalonic acid

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

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Celiac Disease D002446 16 associated lipids
Biliary Fistula D001658 13 associated lipids
Xanthomatosis D014973 17 associated lipids
Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome D019082 7 associated lipids
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome D010580 2 associated lipids
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Itoh D et al. Nonequivalent labeling of the phytyl side chain of chlorophyll a in callus of the hornwort Anthoceros punctatus. 2000 J. Nat. Prod. pmid:10978203
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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
Lambert M and Bui ND Dexamethasone-induced decrease in HMG-CoA reductase and protein-farnesyl transferase activities does not impair ras processing in AR 4-2J cells. 1999 Mol. Cell. Biochem. pmid:10706000
Petras SF et al. HMG-CoA reductase regulation: use of structurally diverse first half-reaction squalene synthetase inhibitors to characterize the site of mevalonate-derived nonsterol regulator production in cultured IM-9 cells. 1999 J. Lipid Res. pmid:9869647
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Appelkvist EL et al. Synthesis of mevalonate pathway lipids in fibroblasts from Zellweger and X-linked ALD patients. 1999 Pediatr. Res. pmid:10473053
Reszka AA et al. Bisphosphonates act directly on the osteoclast to induce caspase cleavage of mst1 kinase during apoptosis. A link between inhibition of the mevalonate pathway and regulation of an apoptosis-promoting kinase. 1999 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:10574973
Bifulco M et al. Inhibition of farnesylation blocks growth but not differentiation in FRTL-5 thyroid cells. 1999 Biochimie pmid:10401660
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
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Sato R et al. Sterol regulatory element-binding protein negatively regulates microsomal triglyceride transfer protein gene transcription. 1999 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:10455139
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
Michikawa M and Yanagisawa K Inhibition of cholesterol production but not of nonsterol isoprenoid products induces neuronal cell death. 1999 J. Neurochem. pmid:10349836
Giordano W et al. Lovastatin inhibits the production of gibberellins but not sterol or carotenoid biosynthesis in Gibberella fujikuroi. 1999 Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) pmid:10537222
Kim DY et al. Expression and characterization of the HMG-CoA reductase of the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. 1999 Protein Expr. Purif. pmid:10600463
Vega GL et al. Effect of lifibrol on the metabolism of low density lipoproteins and cholesterol. 1999 J. Intern. Med. pmid:10447220
Yoshida T et al. Plasma levels of mevalonate and 7alpha-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one in chronic liver disease. 1999 J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. pmid:10029296
Shack S et al. Activation of the cholesterol pathway and Ras maturation in response to stress. 1999 Oncogene pmid:10557091
Elkin RG and Yan Z Relationship between inhibition of mevalonate biosynthesis and reduced fertility in laying hens. 1999 J. Reprod. Fertil. pmid:10615252
Laufs U et al. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors attenuate vascular smooth muscle proliferation by preventing rho GTPase-induced down-regulation of p27(Kip1). 1999 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:10419514
Rao S et al. Lovastatin-mediated G1 arrest is through inhibition of the proteasome, independent of hydroxymethyl glutaryl-CoA reductase. 1999 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:10393901
Kikuchi A et al. Evidence for covalent attachment of diphytanylglyceryl phosphate to the cell-surface glycoprotein of Halobacterium halobium. 1999 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:10364251
van beek E et al. The role of geranylgeranylation in bone resorption and its suppression by bisphosphonates in fetal bone explants in vitro: A clue to the mechanism of action of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates. 1999 J. Bone Miner. Res. pmid:10320520
Bacurau RF et al. Metabolic response of macrophages to injury promoted by the activated complement system. 1999 Cell Biochem. Funct. pmid:10451538
Mutoh T et al. Involvement of tyrosine phosphorylation in HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor-induced cell death in L6 myoblasts. 1999 FEBS Lett. pmid:10037153
Nishimura M et al. Collagen secretion and growth of mesangial cells require geranylgeranylpyrophosphate. 1999 Kidney Int. pmid:9987076
Jomaa H et al. Inhibitors of the nonmevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis as antimalarial drugs. 1999 Science pmid:10477522
Choi JW and Jung SE Lovastatin-induced proliferation inhibition and apoptosis in C6 glial cells. 1999 J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. pmid:10087052
Keller RK and Fliesler SJ Mechanism of aminobisphosphonate action: characterization of alendronate inhibition of the isoprenoid pathway. 1999 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:10600541
Rha SY et al. Modulation of biological phenotypes for tumor growth and metastasis by target-specific biological inhibitors in gastric cancer. 1999 Int. J. Mol. Med. pmid:10402490
Hinson DD et al. Hematological abnormalities and cholestatic liver disease in two patients with mevalonate kinase deficiency. 1998 Am. J. Med. Genet. pmid:9714005
Kwiterovich PO and Motevalli M Differential effect of genistein on the stimulation of cholesterol production by basic protein II in normal and hyperapoB fibroblasts. 1998 Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. pmid:9445257
Natarajan R et al. Molecular cloning of the promoter for rat hepatic neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase: evidence for transcriptional regulation by sterols. 1998 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:9480812
Coxon FP et al. Protein synthesis is required for caspase activation and induction of apoptosis by bisphosphonate drugs. 1998 Mol. Pharmacol. pmid:9765505
Aspbury RA et al. Isoprenylation of polypeptides in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. 1998 Biochim. Biophys. Acta pmid:9630668
Vaidya S et al. Massive production of farnesol-derived dicarboxylic acids in mice treated with the squalene synthase inhibitor zaragozic acid A. 1998 Arch. Biochem. Biophys. pmid:9647670
Rieder C et al. Biosynthesis of the diterpene verrucosan-2beta-ol in the phototrophic eubacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. A retrobiosynthetic NMR study. 1998 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:9660767
Lala A et al. Apolipoprotein E genotype and cholesterogenesis in polygenic hypercholesterolemia. 1998 Metab. Clin. Exp. pmid:9440485
Kitahara M et al. NK-104, a newly developed HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, suppresses neointimal thickening by inhibiting smooth muscle cell growth and fibronectin production in balloon-injured rabbit carotid artery. 1998 Jpn. J. Pharmacol. pmid:9681568
Naoumova RP et al. Cholesterol synthesis is increased in mixed hyperlipidaemia. 1998 Biochim. Biophys. Acta pmid:9795192
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
Shipman CM et al. The bisphosphonate incadronate (YM175) causes apoptosis of human myeloma cells in vitro by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway. 1998 Cancer Res. pmid:9850051
Aboushadi N and Krisans SK Analysis of isoprenoid biosynthesis in peroxisomal-deficient Pex2 CHO cell lines. 1998 J. Lipid Res. pmid:9741690
Coutant KD et al. Fluvastatin enhances receptor-stimulated intracellular Ca2+ release in human keratinocytes. 1998 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:9571146
Nishio E et al. Alpha1-adrenoreceptor stimulation causes vascular smooth muscle cell hypertrophy: a possible role for isoprenoid intermediates. 1998 Eur. J. Pharmacol. pmid:9650858
Adam KP et al. Involvement of the mevalonic acid pathway and the glyceraldehyde-pyruvate pathway in terpenoid biosynthesis of the liverworts Ricciocarpos natans and Conocephalum conicum. 1998 Arch. Biochem. Biophys. pmid:9633614
Michikawa M and Yanagisawa K Apolipoprotein E4 induces neuronal cell death under conditions of suppressed de novo cholesterol synthesis. 1998 J. Neurosci. Res. pmid:9778150
Schedin S et al. Alterations in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, dolichol and dolichyl-P in the genetic cholesterol homeostasis disorder, Niemann-Pick type C disease. 1998 Biochim. Biophys. Acta pmid:9795206
Lamb DC et al. A sterol biosynthetic pathway in Mycobacterium. 1998 FEBS Lett. pmid:9804188
Singh I et al. Lovastatin and sodium phenylacetate normalize the levels of very long chain fatty acids in skin fibroblasts of X- adrenoleukodystrophy. 1998 FEBS Lett. pmid:9600263
Visioli F et al. Ethanol enhances cholesterol synthesis and secretion in human hepatomal cells. 1998 Alcohol pmid:9590514
Kaur M et al. Receptor-Ck-dependent regulation of genes involved in the cell cycle. 1998 Mol. Cell. Biochem. pmid:9562250
Pfohl M et al. Use of cholesterol precursors to assess changes in cholesterol synthesis under non-steady-state conditions. 1998 Eur. J. Clin. Invest. pmid:9693942
Ellsworth JL and Starr JR Inhibition of acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase blocks esterification but not uptake of cholesterol in Caco-2 cells. 1998 Metab. Clin. Exp. pmid:9500571
Lange BM et al. A family of transketolases that directs isoprenoid biosynthesis via a mevalonate-independent pathway. 1998 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. pmid:9482845
Hiramatsu M et al. Enzyme immunoassay of urinary mevalonic acid and its clinical application. 1998 Clin. Chem. pmid:9761249
Orihara N et al. Studies on the biosynthesis of terpenoid compounds produced by actinomycetes. 3. Biosynthesis of the isoprenoid side chain of novobiocin via the non-mevalonate pathway in Streptomyces niveus. 1998 J. Antibiot. pmid:9727394
Yan D et al. Biochemical characterization and subcellular localization of the mouse retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (mRpgr). 1998 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:9677393
Kashiwagi Y et al. Mechanical stretch activates a pathway linked to mevalonate metabolism in cultured neonatal rat heart cells. 1998 Hypertens. Res. pmid:9661807
Luckman SP et al. Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates inhibit the mevalonate pathway and prevent post-translational prenylation of GTP-binding proteins, including Ras. 1998 J. Bone Miner. Res. pmid:9556058
Laufs U et al. Upregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase by HMG CoA reductase inhibitors. 1998 Circulation pmid:9537338
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
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
Kanayama N et al. Genetic evaluation of physiological functions of thiolase isoenzymes in the n-alkalane-assimilating yeast Candida tropicalis. 1998 J. Bacteriol. pmid:9457876
Harrison LE et al. Phenylacetate inhibits isoprenoid biosynthesis and suppresses growth of human pancreatic carcinoma. 1998 Surgery pmid:9736908
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
Rubins JB et al. Lovastatin induces apoptosis in malignant mesothelioma cells. 1998 Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. pmid:9603146
Crick DC et al. Geranylgeraniol overcomes the block of cell proliferation by lovastatin in C6 glioma cells. 1998 J. Neurochem. pmid:9603204
Disch A and Rohmer M On the absence of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate/pyruvate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis in fungi and yeasts. 1998 FEMS Microbiol. Lett. pmid:9835029
Holleran AL et al. Effect of tamoxifen on cholesterol synthesis in HepG2 cells and cultured rat hepatocytes. 1998 Metab. Clin. Exp. pmid:9867082
Melichar B et al. Growth inhibitory effects of aromatic fatty acids on ovarian tumor cell lines. 1998 Clin. Cancer Res. pmid:9865922
Laufs U and Liao JK Post-transcriptional regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA stability by Rho GTPase. 1998 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:9727051
Guijarro C et al. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase and isoprenylation inhibitors induce apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells in culture. 1998 Circ. Res. pmid:9734471
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Naoumova RP et al. Prolonged inhibition of cholesterol synthesis explains the efficacy of atorvastatin. 1997 J. Lipid Res. pmid:9254075
Bianchi C et al. Influence of breast- and formula-feeding on plasma cholesterol precursor sterols throughout the first year of life. 1997 J. Pediatr. pmid:9427904
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Riches FM et al. Direct association between the hepatic secretion of very-low-density lipoprotein apolipoprotein B-100 and plasma mevalonic acid and lathosterol concentrations in man. 1997 Atherosclerosis pmid:9395276
Tatsuno I et al. Geranylgeranylpyrophosphate, a metabolite of mevalonate, regulates the cell cycle progression and DNA synthesis in human lymphocytes. 1997 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. pmid:9425279
Cuthbert JA and Lipsky PE Regulation of proliferation and Ras localization in transformed cells by products of mevalonate metabolism. 1997 Cancer Res. pmid:9270019
El-Sohemy A and Archer MC Regulation of mevalonate synthesis in rat mammary glands by dietary n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. 1997 Cancer Res. pmid:9288773
Bergès T et al. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase is essential for viability, and a single Leu-to-Pro mutation in a conserved sequence leads to thermosensitivity. 1997 J. Bacteriol. pmid:9244250
Raiteri M et al. Pharmacological control of the mevalonate pathway: effect on arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation. 1997 J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. pmid:9190847
Anouja F et al. The cytotoxicity of the parvovirus minute virus of mice nonstructural protein NS1 is related to changes in the synthesis and phosphorylation of cell proteins. 1997 J. Virol. pmid:9151861
Andres DA et al. Expression cloning of a novel farnesylated protein, RDJ2, encoding a DnaJ protein homologue. 1997 Arch. Biochem. Biophys. pmid:9328291
Paton VG et al. Cloning and subcellular localization of hamster and rat isopentenyl diphosphate dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase. A PTS1 motif targets the enzyme to peroxisomes. 1997 J. Biol. Chem. pmid:9228075