Structural highlights
Disease
[ABCG5_HUMAN] Sitosterolemia. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. [ABCG8_HUMAN] Sitosterolemia. Disease susceptibility may be associated with variations affecting the gene represented in this entry. The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Function
[ABCG5_HUMAN] Transporter that appears to play an indispensable role in the selective transport of the dietary cholesterol in and out of the enterocytes and in the selective sterol excretion by the liver into bile. [ABCG8_HUMAN] Transporter that appears to play an indispensable role in the selective transport of the dietary cholesterol in and out of the enterocytes and in the selective sterol excretion by the liver into bile.