Protein
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, mitochondrial
Organism
Salvelinus fontinalis
Function
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 (By similarity).
Sequence
MLPATFKLCAGISYRHTRNMTGLRKNAMVAIHHELNMLAGPNPSSWISHVRRRSSLLSSRIEEEQGYNEAEVSYVKQGEEALQKSISILGDQDGWTTEIIAANGDKVLSKVLPDVGKVFKLEVLLDQRSDNLYGELVGNMEQMGDWNPNVKEVKILQKIGQETMVTHEVSGPTPGNVVGPRDFVSVRCAKRRGSTCFLAGMSTQHPTMPEQRGVVRAENGPTCIVMRPSADDPNKTKFTWLLSIDLKGWIPKTIINKVLSQTQVDFANHLRQRMADNSVSKEMAPAC