HMG-Co A Synthase - Species Distribution - Eukaryotes

Eukaryotes

In vertebrates, there are two different isozymes of the enzyme (cytosolic and mitochondrial); in humans the cytosolic form has only 60.6% amino acid identity with the mitochondrial form of the enzyme. HMG-CoA is also found in other eukaryotes such as insects, plants and fungi.

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