Storage Buffer: PBS, pH 7.4(1%BSA and 0.1% Sodium azide)
Background:
The protein encoded by this gene plays a key role in the acute regulation of steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the conversion of cholesterol into pregnenolone. This protein permits the cleavage of cholesterol into pregnenolone by mediating the transport of cholesterol from the outer mitochondrial membrane to the inner mitochondrial membrane. Mutations in this gene are a cause of congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (CLAH), also called lipoid CAH.
Alternate Names:
StARD1; Cholesterol trafficker; Luteinizing hormone induced protein; Mitochondrial steroid acute regulatory protein; StAR related lipid transfer (START) domain containing 1; StARD1; START domain containing protein 1; Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein mitochondrial; STAR_HUMAN.