Summary

Name STAR
Full Name Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, mitochondrial
Synonyms StAR, START domain-containing protein 1, StARD1 | STARD1
Primary ID P49675
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Type protein
Relations 11
Pathways Sex Hormone Biosynthesis
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 mitochondrial membrane where it is cleaved to pregnenolone.

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Regulator Mechanism target score
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.487
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.342
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/indirect-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.487
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity by repression img/indirect_inhibition.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.368
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity img/direct-activation.png relocalization cholesterol 0.8
Publications: 1
Pathways:Sex Hormone Biosynthesis
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/indirect-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.262
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.262
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.29
Publications: 1 Organism: Coturnix Japonica
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/indirect-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.359
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ up-regulates quantity by expression img/direct-activation.png transcriptional regulation STAR 0.374
Publications: 1 Organism: Homo Sapiens
+ down-regulates quantity by destabilization img/direct_inhibition.png cleavage STAR 0.272
Publications: 1 Organism: Rattus Norvegicus