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Analogs of the Dopamine Metabolite 5,6-Dihydroxyindole Bind Directly to and Activate the Nuclear Receptor Nurr1.
ACS chemical biology - 16 Jul 2021
Kholodar Svetlana A, Lang Geoffrey, Cortopassi Wilian A, Iizuka Yoshie, Brah Harman S, Jacobson Matthew P, England Pamela M
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The nuclear receptor-related 1 protein, Nurr1, is a transcription factor critical for the development and maintenance of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, a cell population that progressively loses the ability to make dopamine and degenerates in Parkinson's disease. Recently, we demonstrated that Nurr1 binds directly to and is regulated by the endogenous dopamine metabolite...
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