Abstract
Mutation of glutamic acid 282 of PPARα to glycine has been shown to result in an increased EC50 for a wide variety of PPAR activating compounds. This has suggested that mutant receptor has a reduced ability to bind ligand. In this study we show that this mutation reduces the affinity of mPPARα and hPPARγ for the fluorescent fatty acid, cis-parinaric acid and that the mutant hPPARγ protein has a reduced affinity for the radiolabelled compound, SB236636. These data confirm the role of this glutamic acid in ligand binding and support recent crystal structure observations regarding a proposed novel mode of ligand entry into the PPAR ligand binding cavities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 205-210 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | FEBS Letters |
| Volume | 463 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Dec 1999 |
Keywords
- Diabetes
- Fatty acid
- Fluorescence
- Nuclear receptor
- Peroxisome proliferator
- Thiazolidinedione
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Structural Biology
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology