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Critical role of residues defining the ligand binding pocket in hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 Jul 2004
Aggelidou Eleni, Iordanidou Panagiota, Tsantili Panayota, Papadopoulos Georgios, Hadzopoulou-Cladaras Margarita
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha (HNF-4alpha), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, is a crucial regulator of a large number of genes involved in glucose, cholesterol, and fatty acid metabolism. Unlike other members of the superfamily, HNF-4alpha activates transcription in the absence of exogenously added ligand. Recently published crystallographic data show that fatty acids are endogenous ligands for...
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