| Tissue Specificity | Expressed in gonads, adrenal cortex and kidney. |
| Function | Plays a key role in steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the metabolism of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Mediates the transfer of cholesterol from the outer mitochondrial membrane to the inner mitochondrial membrane where it is cleaved to pregnenolone. |
| Protein Name | Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein - MitochondrialStarStart Domain-Containing Protein 1Stard1 |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-196108Reactome: R-HSA-9837999 |
| Cellular Localisation | Mitochondrion |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein - Mitochondrial antibodyAnti-Star antibodyAnti-Start Domain-Containing Protein 1 antibodyAnti-Stard1 antibodyAnti-STAR antibodyAnti-STARD1 antibody |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org
