title: Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins: transcriptional activators of lipid synthesis.
abstract: Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) are a family of transcription factors that regulate lipid homoeostasis. Three SREBP isoforms control the expression of more than 30 genes required for the biosynthesis of cholesterol, fatty acids, triacylglycerols and phospholipids. The unique regulation and activation properties of each SREBP isoform facilitates the co-ordinate regulation of all essential lipid building blocks required for cell membranes as well as for very-low-density lipoprotein formation in hepatocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390-9046, USA. jay.horton@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Horton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C497387:SREBF1 protein, human; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D009249:NADP; D002784:Cholesterol