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  Domain Name: NR_LBD_GR
Ligand binding domain of the glucocorticoid receptor, a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. The ligand binding domain of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR): GR is a ligand-activated transcription factor belonging to the nuclear receptor superfamily. It binds with high affinity to cortisol and other glucocorticoids. GR is expressed in almost every cell in the body and regulates genes controlling a wide variety of processes including the development, metabolism, and immune response of the organism. In the absence of hormone, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is complexes with a variety of heat shock proteins in the cytosol. The binding of the glucocorticoids results in release of the heat shock proteins and transforms it to its active state. One mechanism of action of GR is by direct activation of gene transcription. The activated form of GR forms dimers, translocates into the nucleus, and binds to specific hormone responsive elements, activating gene transcription. GR can also function as a repressor of other gene transcription activators, such as NF-kappaB and AF-1 by directly binding to them, and bloc king the expression of their activated genes. Like other members of the nuclear receptor (NR) superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors, GR has a central well conserved DNA binding domain (DBD), a variable N-terminal domain, a flexible hinge and a C-terminal ligand binding domain (LBD). The LBD also functions for dimerization and chaperone protein association.
No pairwise interactions are available for this conserved domain.

Total Mutations Found: 182
Total Disease Mutations Found: 165
This domain occurred 9 times on human genes (55 proteins).



  ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME
  ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY, COMPLETE
  ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY, COMPLETE, INCLUDED
  ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY, PARTIAL
  ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MUTANT, TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE
  ESTROGEN RESISTANCE
  GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE, CELLULAR
  GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE, FAMILIAL
  GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE, GENERALIZED
  HYPOSPADIAS 1, X-LINKED
  PROSTATE CANCER
  PROSTATE CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY
  PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM, FEMALE, WITH HYPOKALEMIA, DUE TO GLUCOCORTICOID
  PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM, TYPE I, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT
  RESISTANCE


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ligand binding site
coactivator recognition s
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Please Cite: Peterson, T.A., Adadey, A., Santana-Cruz ,I., Sun, Y., Winder A, Kann, M.G., (2010) DMDM: Domain Mapping of Disease Mutations. Bioinformatics 26 (19), 2458-2459.

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