Title : Cholesterol transport function of pancreatic cholesterol esterase: directed sterol uptake and esterification in enterocytes.

Pub. Date : 1993 Nov 16

PMID : 8218286






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1 Thus, in the absence of enzyme, 0.002 pmol of cellular ester appeared after 2 h, and its level increased only 3.5-fold after 12 h. However, in the presence of cholesterol esterase, the level of cholesterol ester increased 39-fold in the same time period, indicating that the enzyme-mediated uptake accounts for 10-fold greater ester synthesis than that from basal absorption. Esters carboxyl ester lipase Homo sapiens