cholesterol esterification

id: GO:0034435
name: cholesterol esterification
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A lipid modification process in which a sterol ester is formed by the combination of a carboxylic acid (often a fatty acid) and cholesterol. In the blood this process is associated with the conversion of free cholesterol into cholesteryl ester, which is then sequestered into the core of a lipoprotein particle.

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