title: Heterodimeric complex of RAR and RXR nuclear receptor ligand-binding domains: purification, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis.
abstract: Both the human retinoic acid receptor alpha (hRARalpha) and a constitutively active mutant (F318A) of the mouse retinoid X receptor alpha (mRXR alpha F318A) ligand-binding domains were separately overexpressed in Escherichia coli, copurified as a heterodimer in a two-step procedure, and cocrystallized with an RAR alpha-specific antagonist by using polyethylene glycol 10,000 as precipitant. The crystals grew in the hexagonal space group P6(1)22 displaying the unit cell parameters a = b = 116.6 A and c = 207.8 A. They diffracted X-ray to a limit of 2.2-A resolution. The asymmetric unit comprises one heterodimer and the crystal contains 60% solvent. The structure was determined by molecular replacement and is currently being refined.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP/Collège de France, Illkirch cedex, C. U. de Strasbourg, 67404, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bourguet
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andry
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iltis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klaholz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Potier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Dorsselaer
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: D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; C000607071:RARA protein, human; C000607072:Rara protein, mouse; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000072482:Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha; D047488:Retinoid X Receptors; D014157:Transcription Factors