A synthetic peptide for use as a blocking control in assays to test for specificity of SOAT1 antibody, Alternative Names: SOAT1 control peptide, SOAT1 antibody Blocking Peptide, Anti-SOAT1 Blocking Peptide, sterol O-acyltransferase 1 Blocking Peptide, ACACT Blocking Peptide, ACAT Blocking Peptide, ACAT1 Blocking Peptide, RP11-215I23.2 Blocking Peptide, SOAT Blocking Peptide, STAT Blocking Peptide, SOAT1, SOAT-1, SOAT 1, SOAT-1 Blocking Peptide, SOAT 1 Blocking Peptide
Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase is an intracellular protein located in the endoplasmic reticulum that forms cholesterol esters from cholesterol. Accumulation of cholesterol esters as cytoplasmic lipid droplets within macrophages and smooth muscle cells is a characteristic feature of the early stages of atherosclerotic plaques.