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Title: Crystallographic analysis of murine constitutive androstane receptor ligand-binding domain complexed with 5α-androst-16-en-3α-ol

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica. Section F
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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (United States)
  2. The Department of Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery, The Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010 (United States)
  3. Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

The purification and structure determination of the murine constitutive androstane receptor bound to its inverse agonist/antagonist androstenol is described. The constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. In contrast to classical nuclear receptors, which possess small-molecule ligand-inducible activity, CAR exhibits constitutive transcriptional activity in the apparent absence of ligand. CAR is among the most important transcription factors; it coordinately regulates the expression of microsomal cytochrome P450 genes and other drug-metabolizing enzymes. The murine CAR ligand-binding domain (LBD) was coexpressed with the steroid receptor coactivator protein (SRC-1) receptor-interacting domain (RID) in Escherichia coli. The mCAR LBD subunit was purified away from SRC-1 by affinity, anion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography, crystallized with androstenol and the structure of the complex determined by molecular replacement.

OSTI ID:
22356094
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Vol. 61, Issue Pt 1; Other Information: PMCID: PMC1952403; PMID: 16508121; PUBLISHER-ID: en5079; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1952403; Copyright (c) International Union of Crystallography 2005; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1744-3091
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English