Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Definition of functionally and structurally distinct repressive states in the nuclear receptor PPARγ

  • Zahra Heidari,
  • Ian M. Chrisman,
  • Michelle D. Nemetchek,
  • Scott J. Novick,
  • Anne-Laure Blayo,
  • Trey Patton,
  • Desiree E. Mendes,
  • Philippe Diaz,
  • Theodore M. Kamenecka,
  • Patrick R. Griffin,
  • Travis S. Hughes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13768-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The repressive states of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) are ill-defined, despite nuclear receptors being a major drug target. Here authors demonstrate multiple structurally distinct repressive states, providing a structural rationale for ligand bias in a nuclear receptor.