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Desmosterol
Desmosterol
is a
molecule
similar to
cholesterol
. Desmosterol is
the immediate
precursor of cholesterol in the
Bloch
pathway
of cholesterol
biosynthesis
.
24-dehydrocholesterol reductase
catalyses the
reduction
of desmosterol to cholesterol. It is
accumulated
in
desmosterolosis
.
In
2014
, it was named the
Molecule of the Year
2012
by the
International Society for Molecular and Cell Biology and Biotechnology Protocols and Researches
.