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1a52
From Proteopedia
| 1a52, resolution 2.80Å () | |||||||||
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| Sites: | , , , , , , and | ||||||||
| Ligands: | , | ||||||||
| Gene: | ESR (Homo sapiens) | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
Contents |
ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA LIGAND-BINDING DOMAIN COMPLEXED TO ESTRADIOL
The 2.8-A crystal structure of the complex formed by estradiol and the human estrogen receptor-alpha ligand binding domain (hERalphaLBD) is described and compared with the recently reported structure of the progesterone complex of the human progesterone receptor ligand binding domain, as well as with similar structures of steroid/nuclear receptor LBDs solved elsewhere. The hormone-bound hERalphaLBD forms a distinctly different and probably more physiologically important dimer interface than its progesterone counterpart. A comparison of the specificity determinants of hormone binding reveals a common structural theme of mutually supported van der Waals and hydrogen-bonded interactions involving highly conserved residues. The previously suggested mechanism by which the estrogen receptor distinguishes estradiol's unique 3-hydroxy group from the 3-keto function of most other steroids is now described in atomic detail. Mapping of mutagenesis results points to a coactivator-binding surface that includes the region around the "signature sequence" as well as helix 12, where the ligand-dependent conformation of the activation function 2 core is similar in all previously solved steroid/nuclear receptor LBDs. A peculiar crystal packing event displaces helix 12 in the hERalphaLBD reported here, suggesting a higher degree of dynamic variability than expected for this critical substructure.
Crystallographic comparison of the estrogen and progesterone receptor's ligand binding domains., Tanenbaum DM, Wang Y, Williams SP, Sigler PB, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 May 26;95(11):5998-6003. PMID:9600906
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
About this Structure
1a52 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. The September 2003 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Estrogen Receptor by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2003_9. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
See Also
Reference
- Tanenbaum DM, Wang Y, Williams SP, Sigler PB. Crystallographic comparison of the estrogen and progesterone receptor's ligand binding domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 May 26;95(11):5998-6003. PMID:9600906
