Apolipoprotein AI

《英文msh詞典》Apolipoprotein AI
[入口詞] Apolipoprotein AI
[主題詞] Apolipoprotein A-I
[英文釋義] The major protein component of high density lipoproteins. It is instrumental in promoting efflux of cholesterol from extrahepatic tissue to the liver where it is metabolized and excreted from the body. The compound is the activator of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase which forms cholesteryl esters in HDL. The gene for this apolipoprotein is found on the long arm of chromosome 11.