Anti-HMGCR monoclonal antibody Made to order

Antibody Isotype

IgG

Species Reactivity

Human

Immunogen

A synthetic peptide of human HMGCR is used for rabbit immunization.

Conjugate

Alternative Names

HMGCR; 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase; 3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl Coenzyme A reductase; 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase; 3 hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA reductase (NADPH); hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase; HMG-CoA reductase; hy

Entrez Gene ID

UniProt ID

Antigen Description

HMG-CoA reductase is the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesterol synthesis and is regulated via a negative feedback mechanism mediated by sterols and non-sterol metabolites derived from mevalonate, the product of the reaction catalyzed by reductase. Normally in mammalian cells this enzyme is suppressed by cholesterol derived from the internalization and degradation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) via the LDL receptor. Competitive inhibitors of the reductase induce the expression of LDL receptors in the liver, which in turn increases the catabolism of plasma LDL and lowers the plasma concentration of cholesterol, an important determinant of atherosclerosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

Pathway

Bile secretion, organism-specific biosystem; Bile secretion, conserved biosystem; C5 isoprenoid biosynthesis, mevalonate pathway, organism-specific biosystem; C5 isoprenoid biosynthesis, mevalonate pathway, conserved biosystem; Cholesterol Biosynthesis, organism-specific biosystem; Cholesterol biosynthesis, organism-specific biosystem; Fatty acid, triacylglycerol, and ketone body metabolism, organism-specific biosystem;