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Facts about Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta.
Has a taste for poly-unsaturated fatty acids, such as gamma-linoleic acid and eicosapentanoic acid. Once activated by a ligand, the receptor binds to promoter elements of target genes.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | PPARD |
Uniprot: | Q03181 |
Entrez: | 5467 |
Belongs to: |
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nuclear hormone receptor family |
FAAR; MGC3931; NR1C2; NR1C2PPAR-delta; NUC1; NUC1PPAR-beta; NUCI; NUCII; Nuclear hormone receptor 1; Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group C member 2; peroxisome proliferative activated receptor, delta; Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta; PPAR delta; PPARB; PPARD
Mass (kDA):
49.903 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 6p21.31 |
Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (35342558..35428191) |
Ubiquitous with maximal levels in placenta and skeletal muscle.
Nucleus.
PMID: 1333051 by Schmidt A., et al. Identification of a new member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily that is activated by a peroxisome proliferator and fatty acids.
PMID: 10851270 by Skogsberg J., et al. Characterization of the human peroxisome proliferator activated receptor delta gene and its expression.