メタボロミックスのアプローチを用いた不飽和脂肪酸と核受容体Nur77とのタンパク質代謝物質相互作用の発見

Nawaporn Vinayavekhin1, Alan Saghatelian

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

まとめ

研究者らは,不飽和脂肪酸 (UFA) が,孤児核受容体ニューロン由来クローン77 (Nur77) に結合することを発見した. このバインディングは,Nur7777を変更します.

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