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mevalonic acid
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mevalonic acid [¦mev·ə¦lan·ik ′as·əd]
(organic chemistry)
HO2C5H9COOH A dihydroxy acid used in organic synthesis.


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As a result, there is depletion of certain substances, eg, ubiquinone and mevalonate.
Mevalonate is a component in the biosynthetic pathway that is shared by cholesterol, ubiquinone, also known as coenzyme (Q.
Some proteins produced by cancer-promoting genes need mevalonate, a metabolic precursor to cholesterol, to anchor themselves in the cell membrane.
 
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