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ArticlePloS one2017

Restored mutant receptor:Corticoid binding in chaperone complexes by trimethylamine N-oxide.

Aaron L Miller, W Austin Elam, Betty H Johnson, Shagufta H Khan, Raj Kumar, E Brad Thompson

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aaron L MillerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.
W Austin ElamDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.
Betty H JohnsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.
Shagufta H KhanDepartment of Basic Sciences, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Raj KumarDepartment of Basic Sciences, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
E Brad ThompsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USCommonwealth Medical College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Without a glucocorticoid (GC) ligand, the transcription factor glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is largely cytoplasmic, with its GC-binding domain held in high affinity conformation by a cluster of chaperones. Binding a GC causes serial dis- and re-associations with chaperones, translocation of the GR to the nucleus, where it binds to DNA sites and associates with coregulatory proteins and basic transcription complexes. Herein, we describe the effects of a potent protective osmolyte, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), on a conditions-dependent "activation-labile" mutant GR (GRact/l), which under GR-activating conditions cannot bind GCs in cells or in cell cytosols. In both cells and cytosols, TMAO restores binding to GRact/l by stabilizing it in complex with chaperones. Cells bathed in much lower concentrations of TMAO than those required in vitro show restoration of GC binding, presumably due to intracellular molecular crowding effects.

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAnimalsCell LineHumansMethylaminesMolecular ChaperonesProtein BindingReceptors, GlucocorticoidAdrenal Cortex HormonesMethylaminesMolecular ChaperonesReceptors, Glucocorticoidtrimethyloxamine

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PMID28301576
PMCPMC5354453
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