DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating STAR and luteoma

STAR [ENSP00000276449]

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, mitochondrial; 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.

Synonyms:  STAR,  E5RH12,  H0YB94,  P49675,  Q6IBK0 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM