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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Laura Cato
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-51524 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of biological chemistry 20140212 13
The androgen receptor (AR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that is essential for prostate cancer development. It is activated by androgens through its ligand-binding domain (LBD), which consists predominantly of 11 α-helices. Upon ligand binding, the last helix is reorganized to an agonist conformation termed activator function-2 (AF-2) for coactivator binding. Several coactivators bind to the AF-2 pocket through conserved LXXLL or FXXLF sequences to enhance the activity of the recept ...[more]