Pregnane X receptor
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PXR regulates the expression of milt-drug protein 1 and other proteins involved in drug metabolism thus affecting the efficacy of chemotherapeutics<ref>PMID:23237007</ref>. | PXR regulates the expression of milt-drug protein 1 and other proteins involved in drug metabolism thus affecting the efficacy of chemotherapeutics<ref>PMID:23237007</ref>. | ||
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| + | PXR ligand-binding pocket is flexible and allows binding to structurally and chemically distinct ligands among them the macrolide antibiotic rifampicin which is used in testing tuberculosis<ref>PMID:15705662</ref>. | ||
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3D structures of pregnane X receptor
Updated on 11-July-2016
References
- ↑ Kliewer SA, Goodwin B, Willson TM. The nuclear pregnane X receptor: a key regulator of xenobiotic metabolism. Endocr Rev. 2002 Oct;23(5):687-702. PMID:12372848 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/er.2001-0038
- ↑ Koutsounas I, Theocharis S, Patsouris E, Giaginis C. Pregnane X receptor (PXR) at the crossroads of human metabolism and disease. Curr Drug Metab. 2013 Mar;14(3):341-50. PMID:23237007
- ↑ Chrencik JE, Orans J, Moore LB, Xue Y, Peng L, Collins JL, Wisely GB, Lambert MH, Kliewer SA, Redinbo MR. Structural disorder in the complex of human pregnane X receptor and the macrolide antibiotic rifampicin. Mol Endocrinol. 2005 May;19(5):1125-34. Epub 2005 Feb 10. PMID:15705662 doi:10.1210/me.2004-0346
