======= SQLE ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: SQLE * **Official Name**: squalene epoxidase * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=6713|6713]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q14534|Q14534]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=SQLE&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20SQLE|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/602019|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Catalyzes the first oxygenation step in sterol biosynthesis and is suggested to be one of the rate-limiting enzymes in this pathway. |FAD binding 3| |SE| |squalene monooxygenase activity| |lipid droplet formation| |lipid droplet organization| |lipid storage| |FAD binding| |cholesterol biosynthetic process| |regulation of sterol biosynthetic process| |secondary alcohol biosynthetic process| |regulation of cholesterol biosynthetic process| |sterol biosynthetic process| |regulation of cholesterol metabolic process| |regulation of alcohol biosynthetic process| |regulation of steroid biosynthetic process| |alcohol biosynthetic process| |regulation of steroid metabolic process| |cholesterol metabolic process| |steroid biosynthetic process| |secondary alcohol metabolic process| |sterol metabolic process| |maintenance of location| |organic hydroxy compound biosynthetic process| |regulation of lipid biosynthetic process| |steroid metabolic process| |alcohol metabolic process| |lipid localization| |regulation of lipid metabolic process| |regulation of small molecule metabolic process| |organic hydroxy compound metabolic process| |lipid biosynthetic process| |small molecule biosynthetic process| |intracellular membrane-bounded organelle| |organelle assembly| |endoplasmic reticulum membrane| |oxidation-reduction process| |endoplasmic reticulum| |lipid metabolic process| |organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process| |regulation of cell population proliferation| |small molecule metabolic process| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp282|Fluvastatin 2.2μM R06 exp282]]|-3.16| |[[:results:exp444|THZ531 0.225μM R08 exp444]]|-1.99| No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 8/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|1/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|1/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|2/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|1/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|1/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 10393 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 6.79 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}