Fig. 1: A diagram of retinoid metabolism and signaling. | Communications Biology

Fig. 1: A diagram of retinoid metabolism and signaling.

From: Epidermal retinol dehydrogenases cyclically regulate stem cell markers and clock genes and influence hair composition

Fig. 1

Proteins are depicted in green and metabolites—in pink. ROL all-trans-retinol, RAL all-trans-retinaldehyde, RA all-trans-retinoic acid, HO-RA hydroxylated RA, RE retinyl esters, STRA6 stimulated by trans-retinoic acid 6, LRAT lecithin retinol acyltransferase, REH retinyl ester hydrolase, RBP1 retinoid binding protein 1 (or CRBP1), RDH10 retinol dehydrogenase 10, DHRS3 dehydrogenase reductase 3, RDHE retinol dehydrogenases epidermal, ALDH1A1-3 aldehyde dehydrogenases 1A1, 1A2, and 1A3, CYP26s cytochromes P450 26A1 and 26B1, RBP5 and RBP6 retinoid binding proteins 5 and 6 (or CRABP1 and CRABP2, respectively). Upregulation of specific proteins by RA is indicated by plus signs.

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