conversion of discoidal high-density lipoprotein particle to spherical high-density lipoprotein particle

id: GO:0034376
name: conversion of discoidal high-density lipoprotein particle to spherical high-density lipoprotein particle
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a discoidal high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particle acquires additional lipid or protein molecules, and cholesterol in the particle is converted to tightly bound cholesterol esters by the action of phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase (lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase; LCAT), resulting in the formation of a spherical HDL particle.

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