cholesterol

sterol biosynthesized by all animal cells which is an essential structural component of all animal cell membranes
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q43656
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cholesterol

Summary

cholesterol is a type of chemical entity[1]. cholesterol ranks in the top 1% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,412 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cholesterol's image is recorded as Sample of Cholesterol.jpg[3].
  • cholesterol's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
  • cholesterol's chemical structure is recorded as Structural formula of cholesterol.svg[5].
  • cholesterol's physically interacts with is recorded as RAR related orphan receptor A[6].
  • cholesterol's GND ID is recorded as 4010034-0[7].
  • cholesterol's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 57-88-5[8].
  • cholesterol's EC number is recorded as 200-353-2[9].
  • cholesterol's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(C)CCCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C[10].
  • cholesterol's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C27H46O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h9,18-19,21-25,28H,6-8,10-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1[11].
  • cholesterol's InChIKey is recorded as HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N[12].
  • cholesterol's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85024654[13].
  • cholesterol's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11931193t[14].
  • cholesterol's chemical formula is recorded as C₂₇H₄₆O[15].
  • cholesterol's subclass of is recorded as sterol[16].
  • cholesterol's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566626[17].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as cholesterol binding[18].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as cholesterol biosynthetic process[19].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as cholesterol catabolic process[20].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as response to cholesterol[21].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as cellular response to cholesterol[22].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as intestinal cholesterol absorption[23].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as cholesterol transport[24].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as lysosome to ER cholesterol transport[25].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as cholesterol transfer activity[26].
  • cholesterol's part of is recorded as triglyceride-rich plasma lipoprotein particle[27].

Why It Matters

cholesterol ranks in the top 1% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,412 views/month).[2] cholesterol has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] cholesterol is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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