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ERG25-ERG26-ERG27 ergosterol biosynthesis complex Overview

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Summary
Ergosterol biosynthesis complex. The ERG25-ERG26-ERG27 multienzyme complex is formed primarily in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) during the late stages of the ergosterol synthesis pathway, which involves the conversion of lanosterol to zymosterol through a series of demethylation, reduction, and desaturation reactions. Ergosterol is essential for mitochondrial DNA maintenance, and is also an immunoactive lipid which induces host cell pyroptosis, a necrotic and inflammatory programmed cell death. Ergosterol abundance is critical for yeast stress adaptation, including hypoxic and iron deficiency responses in yeast. Loss-of-function of complex components within the late pathway is thought to be lethal and lead to sterol auxotrophy.