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GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR MUTANT/DNA COMPLEX
Structural highlights
Function[GCR_RAT] Receptor for glucocorticoids (GC). Has a dual mode of action: as a transcription factor that binds to glucocorticoid response elements (GRE), both for nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and as a modulator of other transcription factors. Affects inflammatory responses, cellular proliferation and differentiation in target tissues. Could act as a coactivator for STAT5-dependent transcription upon growth hormone (GH) stimulation and could reveal an essential role of hepatic GR in the control of body growth. Involved in chromatin remodeling. Plays a significant role in transactivation (By similarity).[1] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedSteroid receptors recognize bipartite targets composed of six base-pair half-sites. There are two canonical types of half-site which differ only in their central two base pairs. The crystal structure of an estrogen receptor-like DNA-binding domain bound to the wrong type of half-site (a glucocorticoid response element) reveals an interface that resembles the specific interfaces of the glucocorticoid receptor or estrogen receptor bound to their correct response elements. The underlying stereochemical defect that weakens the non-cognate interface is a difference in the helical geometry of the incorrect DNA half-site which prevents a side-chain contact and results in a gap which is filled by at least five additional fixed water sites, imposing a potential entropic burden on the stability of the interface. The basis for half-site specificity explored through a non-cognate steroid receptor-DNA complex.,Gewirth DT, Sigler PB Nat Struct Biol. 1995 May;2(5):386-94. PMID:7664096[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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