HMG-CoA synthase is an enzyme which catalyzes the reaction where Acetyl-CoA condenses with acetoacetyl-CoA to form 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA). This reaction occurs at a faster rate in patients with Diabetes Insipidus type I if left untreated.

[edit] Forms

There are two different forms of the enzyme; in humans the cytosolic form has only 60.6% amino acid identity with the mitochondrial form of the enzyme.

HMG-CoA synthase reaction

[edit] Cytosolic

The cytosolic enzymes has a key role in the production of cholesterol and other isoprenoids:

Mevalonate pathway

[edit] Mitochondrial

The mitochondrial form is used for the production of ketone bodies:

Ketogenesis

[edit] Regulation

The gene for the mitochondrial form of the enzyme has three sterol regulatory elements in the 5' flanking region ^[1]. These elements are responsible for decreased transcription of the message responsible for enzyme synthesis when dietary cholesterol is high in animals: the same is observed for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA and the low density lipoprotein receptor.

[edit] External links

• MeSH HMG-CoA+synthase

[edit] References

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