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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 99, Issue 20, Pages 12753-12758Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162488899
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-20948, P01 HL020948] Funding Source: Medline
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This paper describes insig-2, a second protein of the endoplasmic reticulum that blocks the processing of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) by binding to SCAP (SREBP cleavage-activating protein) in a sterol-regulated fashion, thus preventing it from escorting SREBPs to the Golgi. By blocking this movement, insig-2, like the previously described insig-1, prevents the proteolytic processing of SREBPs by Golgi enzymes, thereby blocking cholesterol synthesis. The sequences of human insig-1 and -2 are 59% identical. Both proteins are predicted to contain six transmembrane helices. The proteins differ functionally in two respects: (i) production of insig-1, but not insig-2, in cultured mammalian cells requires nuclear SREBPs; and (h) at high levels of expression, insig-1, but not insig-2, can block SCAP movement in the absence of exogenous sterols. The combined actions of insig-1 and -2 permit feedback regulation of cholesterol synthesis over a wide range of sterol concentrations.
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