HMG-CoA reductase

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HMG-CoA reductase (or 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; official symbol HMGCR) is the rate-limiting enzyme—NADH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.88; NADPH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.34—of the mevalonate pathway, which is the metabolic pathway that produces cholesterol and other isoprenoids.

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