Active and inactive forms of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in the liver of the rat. Comparison with the rate of cholesterol synthesis in different physiological states.

Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism Animals Cholesterol/biosynthesis Enzyme Activation Escherichia coli/enzymology Fasting Female Fluorides/pharmacology Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases/metabolism In Vitro Techniques Ketone Bodies/metabolism Kinetics Liver/metabolism Microsomes, Liver/enzymology Rats Stress, Physiological/metabolism

Ketone Bodies Cholesterol Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases Alkaline Phosphatase Fluorides