StAR-related Lipid Transfer (START) Proteins: Mediators of Intracellular Lipid Metabolism

StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domains are 210-amino acid lipid binding domains implicated in intracellular lipid transport, lipid metabolism, and cell signaling events. The prototype is the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), which transfers cholesterol to mitochondria in steroid…