title: Crystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of the human nuclear receptor RXR-alpha.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP/Collège de France, Illkirch, CU de Strasbourg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bourguet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruff
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chambon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gronemeyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moras
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001704:Biopolymers; D003196:Computer Graphics; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D008024:Ligands; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA