An alternative conformation of ERβ bound to estradiol reveals H12 in a stable antagonist position

Abstract The natural ligand 17β-estradiol (E2) is so far believed to induce a unique agonist-bound active conformation in the ligand binding domain (LBD) of the estrogen receptors (ERs). Both subtypes, ERα and ERβ, are transcriptionally activated in the presence of E2 with ERβ being somewhat less ac...

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Main Authors: Paulo C. T. Souza, Larissa C. Textor, Denise C. Melo, Alessandro S. Nascimento, Munir S. Skaf, Igor Polikarpov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03774-x