HMG-CoA reduktaza (3-hidroksi-3-metil-glutaril-CoA reduktaza, HMGCR) je enzim (EC1.1.1.88) koji ograničava brzinu mevalonatnog puta, metaboličkog puta koji proizvodi holesterol i druge izoprenoide. Normalno je u ćelijama sisara ovaj enzim supresovan holesterolom koji potiče iz internalizacije i degradacije lipoproteina niske gustine (LDL) putem LDL receptora, kao i oksidovanim vrstama holesterola. Kompetitivni inhibitori reduktaze indukuju izražavanje LDL receptora u jeri, čime se povećava katabolizam LDL-a u plazmi, te se snižava koncentracija holesterola u plazmi, što je važna odrednica ateroskleroze.[1]
Ovaj enzim je biološka meta široko dostupnih lekova za snižavanje nivoa holesterola, kolektivno poznatih kao statini. HMG-CoA reduktaza ze vezana za membranu endoplazmatičnog retikuluma, i dugo se mislilo da ima sedam transmembranskih domena, sa aktivnim mestom lociranim na njenom dugačkom karboksilnom domenu u citozolu. Nedavni nalazi su pokazali da sadrži osam transmembranskih domena.[2]
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