CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE LIGAND-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE HUMAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RXR-ALPHA

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BOURGUET, W [1 ]
RUFF, M [1 ]
CHAMBON, P [1 ]
GRONEMEYER, H [1 ]
MORAS, D [1 ]
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[1] UNIV STRASBOURG 1,COLL FRANCE,INST GENET & BIOL MOLEC & CELLULAIRE,CNRS,INSERM,F-67404 ILLKIRCH GRAFFENS,FRANCE
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10.1038/375377a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The crystal structure of the human retinoid-X receptor RXR-alpha ligand-binding domain reveals a previously undiscovered fold of an antiparallel alpha-helical sandwich, packed as dimeric units. Two helices and one loop form the homodimerization surface, and hydrophobic heptad repeats participate in stabilizing the fold. The existence of a ligand-binding pocket is proposed that would allow 9-cis retinoic acid to interact with different functional modules, including the AF-2 activating domain. Several lines of evidence indicate that the overall structure is a prototype fold of ligand-binding domains of nuclear receptors.
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