A fatty acid ester that is mevastatin carrying an additional methyl group on the carbobicyclic skeleton. It is used in as a antilipemic drug and has been found in fungal species such as Aspergillus terreus and Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom). (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology, CHEBI_40303)
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13 genes co-occuring with the biological term lovastatin in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.