HMG-CoA reductase

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HMGCR
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Aliases	HMGCR, HMG-CoA reductase, Entrez 3156, LDLCQ3, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase
External IDs	OMIM: 142910 MGI: 96159 HomoloGene: 30994 GeneCards: HMGCR
hideGene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 5 (human)[1] Band 5q13.3 Start 75,336,329 bp[1] End 75,362,101 bp[1]
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Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3156	15357
Ensembl	ENSG00000113161	ENSMUSG00000021670
UniProt	P04035	Q01237
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_000859 NM_001130996 NM_001364187	NM_008255 NM_001360165 NM_001360166
RefSeq (protein)	NP_000850 NP_001124468 NP_001351116 NP_000850.1	NP_032281 NP_001347094 NP_001347095
Location (UCSC)	Chr 5: 75.34 – 75.36 Mb	Chr 13: 96.65 – 96.67 Mb
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HMG-CoA reductase
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hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase
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EC number	1.1.1.88
CAS number	37250-24-1
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hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase
Identifiers
EC number	1.1.1.34
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, officially abbreviated HMGCR) is the rate-controlling enzyme (NADH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.88; NADPH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.34) of the mevalonate pathway, the metabolic pathway that produces cholesterol and other isoprenoids. 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 as well as oxidized species of cholesterol. 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, which is considered, by those who accept the standard lipid hypothesis, an important determinant of atherosclerosis.^[5] This enzyme is thus the target of the widely available cholesterol-lowering drugs known collectively as the statins.

HMG-CoA reductase is anchored in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum, and was long regarded as having seven transmembrane domains, with the active site located in a long carboxyl terminal domain in the cytosol. More recent evidence shows it to contain eight transmembrane domains.^[6]

In humans, the gene for HMG-CoA reductase is located on the long arm of the fifth chromosome (5q13.3-14).^[7] Related enzymes having the same function are also present in other animals, plants and bacteria.

Contents

• 1Structure
• 2Function
  • 2.1Interactive pathway map
• 3Inhibitors
  • 3.1Drugs
  • 3.2Hormones
• 4Clinical significance
• 5Regulation
  • 5.1Transcription
  • 5.2Translation
  • 5.3Degradation
  • 5.4Phosphorylation
• 6See also
• 7References
• 8Further reading
• 9External links

Structure[edit]

The main isoform (isoform 1) of HMG-CoA reductase in humans is 888 amino acids long. It is a polytopic transmembrane protein (meaning it possesses many alpha helical transmembrane segments). It contains two main domains:

• a conserved N-terminal sterol-sensing domain (SSD, amino acid interval: 88–218). The related SSD of SCAP has been shown to bind cholesterol.^[8][9]
• a C-terminal catalytic domain (amino acid interval: 489-871), namely the 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase domain. This domain is required for the proper enzymatic activity of the protein.^[10]

Isoform 2 is 835 amino acids long. This variant is shorter because it lacks an exon in the middle region (amino acids 522–574). This does not affect any of the aforementioned domains.

Function[edit]

HMGCR catalyses the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonic acid, a necessary step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol:

Interactive pathway map[edit]

Click on genes, proteins and metabolites below to link to respective articles. ^{[§ 1]}

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Statin Pathway edit

1. ^ The interactive pathway map can be edited at WikiPathways: "Statin_Pathway_WP430".

Inhibitors[edit]

Drugs[edit]

Drugs that inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, known collectively as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (or "statins"), are used to lower serum cholesterol as a means of reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease.^[11]

These drugs include rosuvastatin (CRESTOR), lovastatin (Mevacor), atorvastatin (Lipitor), pravastatin (Pravachol), fluvastatin (Lescol), pitavastatin (Livalo), and simvastatin (Zocor).^[12] Red yeast rice extract, one of the fungal sources from which the statins were discovered, contains several naturally occurring cholesterol-lowering molecules known as monacolins. The most active of these is monacolin K, or lovastatin (previously sold under the trade name Mevacor, and now available as generic lovastatin).^[13]

Vytorin is drug that combines the use simvastatin and ezetimibe, which slows the formation of cholesterol by every cell in the body, along with ezetimibe reducing absorption of cholesterol, typically by about 53%, from the intestines.^[14]

Statins, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are competent in lowering cholesterol levels and reducing cardiac-related diseases. However, there have been controversies surrounding the potential of statins increasing the risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus (NOD). Experiments have demonstrated that glucose and cholesterol homeostasis are regulated by statins. The HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR), converts HMG-CoA into mevalonic acid. Thus, when HMGCR activities are reduced, the cell associated cholesterols are also reduced. This results in the activation of SREBP-2-mediated signaling pathways. SREBP-2 activation for cholesterol homeostasis is crucial for the upregulation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor (LDLR). The removal of LDL particles from blood circulation is enhanced when the number of LDLR on hepatocytes increases. Due to the removal of atherogenic lipoprotein particles, such as LDLs and intermediate density lipoproteins, HMGCR inhibitors have been proven to be efficient in reducing cardiovascular diseases from the blood circulation, which is represented by the reduction of LDL-cholesterol levels. In many studies, lipophilic statins are shown as more diabetogenic, possibly due to the fact that they can easily diffuse into cells and inhibit the production of isoprenoids which become more potent. Although statins have been shown to be beneficial for cardiovascular issues, there are concerns over an increased risk of new onset diabetes mellitus (NOD). Additionally, statins have been shown to change glucose levels as well. ^[15]

Hormones[edit]

HMG-CoA reductase is active when blood glucose is high. The basic functions of insulin and glucagon are to maintain glucose homeostasis. Thus, in controlling blood sugar levels, they indirectly affect the activity of HMG-CoA reductase, but a decrease in activity of the enzyme is caused by AMP-activated protein kinase,^[16] which responds to an increase in AMP concentration, and also to leptin

Clinical significance[edit]

Since the reaction catalysed by HMG-CoA reductase is the rate-limiting step in cholesterol synthesis, this enzyme represents the sole major drug target for contemporary cholesterol-lowering drugs in humans. The medical significance of HMG-CoA reductase has continued to expand beyond its direct role in cholesterol synthesis following the discovery that statins can offer cardiovascular health benefits independent of cholesterol reduction.^[17] Statins have been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties,^[18] most likely as a result of their ability to limit production of key downstream isoprenoids that are required for portions of the inflammatory response. It can be noted that blocking of isoprenoid synthesis by statins has shown promise in treating a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory autoimmune disease.^[19]

HMG-CoA reductase is an important developmental enzyme. Inhibition of its activity and the concomitant lack of isoprenoids that yields can lead to germ cell migration defects^[20] as well as intracerebral hemorrhage.^[21]

Regulation[edit]

HMG-CoA reductase-Substrate complex (Blue:Coenzyme A, red:HMG, green:NADP)

Regulation of HMG-CoA reductase is achieved at several levels: transcription, translation, degradation and phosphorylation.

Transcription[edit]

Transcription of the reductase gene is enhanced by the sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP). This protein binds to the sterol regulatory element (SRE), located on the 5' end of the reductase gene after controlled proteolytic processing. When SREBP is inactive, it is bound to the ER or nuclear membrane with another protein called SREBP cleavage-activating protein (SCAP). SCAP senses low cholesterol concentration and transports SREBP to the Golgi membrane where a consecutive proteolysis by S1P and S2P cleaves SREBP into an active nuclear form, nSREBP. nSREBPs migrate to the nucleus and activate transcription of SRE-containing genes. The nSREBP transcription factor is short-lived. When cholesterol levels rise, Insigs retains the SCAP-SREBP complex in the ER membrane by preventing its incorporation into COPII vesicles.^[22][23]

Translation[edit]

Translation of mRNA is inhibited by a mevalonate derivative, which has been reported to be the isoprenoid farnesol,^[24][25] although this role has been disputed.^[26]

Degradation[edit]

Rising levels of sterols increase the susceptibility of the reductase enzyme to ER-associated degradation (ERAD) and proteolysis. Helices 2-6 (total of 8) of the HMG-CoA reductase transmembrane domain are thought to sense increased cholesterol levels (direct sterol binding to the SSD of HMG-CoA reductase has not been demonstrated). Lysine residues 89 and 248 can become ubiquinated by ER-resident E3 ligases. The identity of the multiple E3 ligases involved in HMG-CoA degradation is controversial, with suggested candidates being AMFR,^[27] Trc8,^[28] and RNF145^[29][30] The involvement of AMFR and Trc8 has been contested.^[31]

Phosphorylation[edit]

Short-term regulation of HMG-CoA reductase is achieved by inhibition by phosphorylation (of Serine 872, in humans^[32]). Decades ago it was believed that a cascade of enzymes controls the activity of HMG-CoA reductase: an HMG-CoA reductase kinase was thought to inactivate the enzyme, and the kinase in turn was held to be activated via phosphorylation by HMG-CoA reductase kinase kinase. An excellent review on regulation of the mevalonate pathway by Nobel Laureates Joseph Goldstein and Michael Brown adds specifics: HMG-CoA reductase is phosphorylated and inactivated by an AMP-activated protein kinase, which also phosphorylates and inactivates acetyl-CoA carboxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme of fatty acid biosynthesis.^[33] Thus, both pathways utilizing acetyl-CoA for lipid synthesis are inactivated when energy charge is low in the cell, and concentrations of AMP rise. There has been a great deal of research on the identity of upstream kinases that phosphorylate and activate the AMP-activated protein kinase.^[34]

Fairly recently, LKB1 has been identified as a likely AMP kinase kinase,^[35] which appears to involve calcium/calmodulin signaling. This pathway likely transduces signals from leptin, adiponectin, and other signaling molecules.^[34]

See also[edit]

• Oxidoreductase

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• Clarke PR, Hardie DG (August 1990). "Regulation of HMG-CoA reductase: identification of the site phosphorylated by the AMP-activated protein kinase in vitro and in intact rat liver". The EMBO Journal. 9 (8): 2439–46. PMC 552270. PMID 2369897.
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• Humphries SE, Tata F, Henry I, Barichard F, Holm M, Junien C, Williamson R (1986). "The isolation, characterisation, and chromosomal assignment of the gene for human 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, (HMG-CoA reductase)". Human Genetics. 71 (3): 254–8. doi:10.1007/BF00284585. PMID 2998972.
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• Cargill M, Altshuler D, Ireland J, Sklar P, Ardlie K, Patil N, Shaw N, Lane CR, Lim EP, Kalyanaraman N, Nemesh J, Ziaugra L, Friedland L, Rolfe A, Warrington J, Lipshutz R, Daley GQ, Lander ES (July 1999). "Characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in coding regions of human genes". Nature Genetics. 22 (3): 231–8. doi:10.1038/10290. PMID 10391209.
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