PXR Proteins

Protein Information

This gene product belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily, members of which are transcription factors characterized by a ligand-binding domain and a DNA-binding domain. The encoded protein is a transcriptional regulator of the cytochrome P450 gene CYP3A4, binding to the response element of the CYP3A4 promoter as a heterodimer with the 9-cis retinoic acid receptor RXR. It is activated by a range of compounds that induce CYP3A4, including dexamethasone and rifampicin. Several alternatively spliced transcripts encoding different isoforms, some of which use non-AUG translation initiation codon, have been described for this gene. Additional transcript variants exist, however, they have not been fully characterized.

Synonyms

BXR; mPXR; NR1I2; nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 2; nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group 1, member 2; nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group I, member 2; ONR 1; ONR1; Orphan nuclear receptor PAR1; orphan nuclear receptor PXR; PAR; PAR 1; PAR 2; PAR q; PAR1; PAR2; PARq; pregnane X nuclear receptor variant 2; Pregnane X receptor; pregnane X receptor (nuclear receptor sub family 1, group I, member 2); PRR; PXR; PXR.1; PXR.2; PXR1; SAR; Steroid and xenobiotic receptor; SXR