ERC Starting Grant · 2021
Chemical biology of intracellular cholesterol transport
Cholesterol transport proteins (CTPs) regulate cellular metabolism, hormone biosynthesis, and organelle contacts, with profound consequences for human health and disease. Despite this, almost no small molecule CTP modulators have been reported, and no methods for determining selectivity across the broader protein class exist. Selective CTP inhibition is conceptually challenging as all CTPs are structurally similar and bind cholesterol. Furthermore, due to redundancy among several CTPs, deciphering the biological roles of their individual cholesterol transport activity has been difficult. ChemBioChol aims to unravel the functions of individual CTPs by developing selective small molecule…
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