mevalonate pathway

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biological pathway
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs HMG-CoA reductase pathway
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:familial_hypercholesterolemia
mevalonate kinase deficiency
mevalonic aciduria
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Feodor_Lynen
gptkb:Konrad_Bloch
gptkbp:foundIn archaea
eukaryotes
some bacteria
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label mevalonate pathway
gptkbp:importantFor critical for steroid biosynthesis
important in cancer biology
target for cholesterol-lowering drugs
gptkbp:inhibitedBy statins
gptkbp:keyEnzyme gptkb:HMG-CoA_reductase
mevalonate kinase
mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase
phosphomevalonate kinase
gptkbp:location gptkb:peroxisome
cytosol
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine_1964
gptkbp:produces cholesterol
ubiquinone
dolichol
isoprenoids
prenylated proteins
gptkbp:regulates feedback inhibition by cholesterol
regulated by SREBP
gptkbp:relatedTo non-mevalonate pathway
gptkbp:requires cell membrane synthesis
hormone synthesis
protein prenylation
gptkbp:step mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate to isopentenyl pyrophosphate
HMG-CoA to mevalonate
acetyl-CoA to HMG-CoA
mevalonate to mevalonate-5-phosphate
mevalonate-5-phosphate to mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate
gptkbp:substrate gptkb:HMG-CoA
acetyl-CoA
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMG-CoA_reductase
gptkb:geranyl_pyrophosphate
gptkb:Astaxanthin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7