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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 275, Issue 52, Pages 40667-40670Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C000710200
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK07715, DK54320] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM62104] Funding Source: Medline
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Intracellular cholesterol redistribution between membranes and its subsequent esterification are critical aspects of lipid homeostasis that prevent free sterol toxicity. To identify genes that mediate sterol trafficking, we screened for yeast mutants that were inviable in the absence of sterol esterification. Mutations in the novel gene, ARV1, render cells dependent on sterol esterification for growth, nystatin-sensitive, temperature-sensitive, and anaerobically inviable. Cells lacking Arv1p display altered intracellular sterol distribution and are defective in sterol uptake, consistent with a role for Arv1p in trafficking sterol into the plasma membrane. Human ARV1, a predicted sequence ortholog of yeast ARV1, complements the defects associated with deletion of the yeast gene. The genes are predicted to encode transmembrane proteins with potential zinc-binding motifs. We propose that ARV1 is a novel mediator of eukaryotic sterol homeostasis.
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