CHOLESTEROL

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Compound
Curator
Bijay Jassal
Designer
Cristoffer Sevilla
Description
Cholesterol is a sterol, a type of lipid molecule, and is biosynthesized by all animal cells, because it is an essential structural component of all animal cell membranes; essential to maintain both membrane structural integrity and fluidity
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Digestion and absorption (R-HSA-8963743)
Entries for CHOLESTEROL
CHOL [cornified envelope]
CHOL [cytosol]
CHOL [early endosome]
CHOL [endoplasmic reticulum lumen]
CHOL [endoplasmic reticulum membrane]
CHOL [extracellular region]
CHOL [lipid droplet]
CHOL [lysosomal lumen]
CHOL [lysosomal membrane]
CHOL [mitochondrial inner membrane]
CHOL [mitochondrial matrix]
CHOL [mitochondrial outer membrane]
CHOL [plasma membrane]
CHOL [smooth endoplasmic reticulum]
CHOL [transport vesicle membrane]
cholesterol [clathrin-coated endocytic vesicle membrane]
cholesterol [endocytic vesicle lumen]
cholesterol [endosome lumen]
cholesterol [endosome membrane]
cholesterol [null]
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