title: RORalpha: an orphan nuclear receptor on a high-cholesterol diet.
abstract: A high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor (RORalpha; NR1F1), which reveals a molecule of cholesterol within the ligand binding pocket, is a breakthrough in functional analysis of this orphan nuclear receptor.
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Willson
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008024:Ligands; D057094:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1; D011487:Protein Conformation; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D057094:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 1; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D015534:Trans-Activators; D002784:Cholesterol