Aster: A New Star in Cholesterol Trafficking

Publication date: 4 October 2018Source: Cell, Volume 175, Issue 2Author(s): Vassily I. Kutyavin, Ajay ChawlaLife evolved in an aqueous environment, necessitating the evolution of carrier proteins to shuttle lipophilic molecules within and between cells. Sandhu et. al. (2018) report the discovery of a long-sought-after cholesterol carrier protein, named Aster, which transports cholesterol from the plasma membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Source: Cell - Category: Cytology Source Type: research