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Summary Expression Phenotypes Gene Literature (8) GO Terms (12) Nucleotides (125) Proteins (44) Interactants (82) Wiki
XB-GENEPAGE-999723
Gene Symbol:
 star

Gene Name: 
steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Synonyms:
( Nomenclature history )

Gene Function:
MLN, STAR and related lipid-binding proteins

Protein Function :
Plays a key role in steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the metabolism of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Mediates the transfer of cholesterol from the outer mitochondrial membrane to the inner mitoc...[+]


InterPro :
StAR-like, START-like dom sf, StAR, START lipid-bd dom, [+]

Interactants:
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Diseases: 


Disease Ontology:
congenital adrenal hyperplasia

OMIM:
LIPOID CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; LCAH

External Links:
 
Expression                  Development Stages                                               Embryonic Tissues                                                                Adult Tissues
More Information
Xenbase Expression Details In situ images Single cell data at SPRING In situ: RNA-Seq:


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