the nuclear receptors facts book [1]

StructureStructure

DBD (DNA Binding Domain)DBD (DNA Binding Domain)

LBD (Ligand Binding Domain)LBD (Ligand Binding Domain)


The structure of the LBD is strongly conserved throughout the familly of nuclear receptors. It is a globular domain and composed of a beta-sheet, and 12 alpha-helices arranged in a three layered sandwich.


Structure of the LBD of a VDR (vitamin D receptor) complexed to 1alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) and the 20-epi analogs(PDB entry 1ie8)

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  1. Vincent Laudet, Hinrich Gronemeyer, "The nuclear receptor factsbook", Publisher Academic Press, 2002

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