Estrogen receptor beta
Also known as: ESR2, ESTRB, NR3A2
Function
Nuclear hormone receptor. Binds estrogens with an affinity similar to that of ESR1/ER-alpha, and activates expression of reporter genes containing estrogen response elements (ERE) in an estrogen-dependent manner.
Classification
- Family (Pfam)
- PF12497 ERbeta_N, PF00104 Hormone_recep, PF00105 zf-C4
- InterPro
- ER-beta-like_N, ER-beta/gamma, Est_rcpt/est-rel_rcp, NHR-like_dom_sf, Nucl_hrmn_rcpt_lig-bd, Nuclear_hormone_rcpt_NR3, Nuclear_hrmn_rcpt, Znf_hrmn_rcpt, Znf_NHR/GATA
- Functional cluster
- Homeobox & Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors
Experimental structures · PDB · 39
- 1L2J X-ray 2.95A
- 1NDE X-ray 3.00A
- 1QKM X-ray 1.80A
- 1U3Q X-ray 2.40A
- 1U3R X-ray 2.21A
- 1U3S X-ray 2.50A
- 1U9E X-ray 2.40A
- 1X76 X-ray 2.20A
- 1X78 X-ray 2.30A
- 1X7B X-ray 2.30A
- 1X7J X-ray 2.30A
- 1YY4 X-ray 2.70A
- … and 27 more
A predicted model is available from AlphaFold.
Gene Ontology · 26
- GO:0000785 chromatin
- GO:0005739 mitochondrion
- GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
- GO:0005634 nucleus
- GO:0003677 DNA binding
- GO:0000981 DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
- GO:0019899 enzyme binding
- GO:0034056 estrogen response element binding
- GO:0030284 nuclear estrogen receptor activity
- GO:0004879 nuclear receptor activity
- GO:0003707 nuclear steroid receptor activity
- GO:0048019 receptor antagonist activity
- GO:0000978 RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
- GO:0005496 steroid binding
- GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
- GO:0007267 cell-cell signaling
- GO:0071392 cellular response to estradiol stimulus
- GO:0006351 DNA-templated transcription
- GO:0030520 estrogen receptor signaling pathway
- GO:0030308 negative regulation of cell growth
- GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- GO:0045893 positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
- GO:0045944 positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
- GO:0006357 regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
- GO:0007165 signal transduction
Disease associations
- ovarian dysgenesis 8 MONDO:0032590
Drugs targeting this protein · 25
- RALOXIFENE HYDROCHLORIDE modulator
- DIETHYLSTILBESTROL DIPHOSPHATE agonist
- TOREMIFENE CITRATE modulator
- ESTRAMUSTINE PHOSPHATE SODIUM modulator
- CHLOROTRIANISENE modulator
- QUINESTROL agonist
- CYCLOFENIL modulator
- ESTRIOL modulator
- AUS-131 agonist
- OSPEMIFENE modulator
- BAZEDOXIFENE ACETATE modulator
- FISPEMIFENE modulator
- ARZOXIFENE modulator
- ERTEBEREL agonist
- ALLYLESTRENOL agonist
- LASOFOXIFENE modulator
- MK-6913 agonist
- CHF4227 modulator
- PRINABEREL agonist
- DROLOXIFENE modulator
- AFIMOXIFENE modulator
- LASOFOXIFENE TARTRATE modulator
- ESTETROL agonist
- IDOXIFENE modulator
- ACOLBIFENE modulator
Related proteins · sequence + function similarity
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.98
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.98
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.98
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.98
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.98
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.98
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.96
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.95
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.94
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.92
- Estrogen receptor gamma 0.92
- Estrogen receptor beta 0.92
Co-cited proteins · studied together in the literature
- Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 62 1 shared papers
- Estrogen receptor beta 1 shared papers
- A-kinase anchor protein 13 1 shared papers
- Thioredoxin reductase 1, cytoplasmic 1 shared papers
- Estrogen receptor 7 shared papers
- Nuclear receptor coactivator 5 1 shared papers
- Deoxynucleotidyltransferase terminal-interacting protein 2 1 shared papers
- Nuclear receptor coactivator 5 1 shared papers
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 3 shared papers
- Nuclear receptor coactivator 6 1 shared papers
- Cell cycle and apoptosis regulator protein 2 1 shared papers
- Proline-, glutamic acid- and leucine-rich protein 1 2 shared papers
Literature · 26 cited papers
- Early-onset complete ovarian failure and lack of puberty in a woman with mutated estrogen receptor beta (ESR2). J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. · 2018
- Biallelic and monoallelic ESR2 variants associated with 46,XY disorders of sex development. Genet. Med. · 2018
- Repression of estrogen receptor beta function by putative tumor suppressor DBC1. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. · 2010
- PMID 19666546 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. · 2009
- CCDC62/ERAP75 functions as a coactivator to enhance estrogen receptor beta-mediated transactivation and target gene expression in prostate cancer cells. Carcinogenesis · 2009
- Estrogen receptor (ER)-beta isoforms: a key to understanding ER-beta signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. · 2006
- Selective hormone-dependent repression of estrogen receptor beta by a p38-activated ErbB2/ErbB3 pathway. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. · 2005
- The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). Genome Res. · 2004
- An alternative splicing variant of the selenoprotein thioredoxin reductase is a modulator of estrogen signaling. J. Biol. Chem. · 2004
- ERBP, a novel estrogen receptor binding protein enhancing the activity of estrogen receptor. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. · 2004
- An unappreciated role for RNA surveillance. Genome Biol. · 2004
- Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs. Nat. Genet. · 2004
- … and 14 more in the literature graph
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