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Facts about Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 2.
Activated from the antibiotic rifampicin and various plant metabolites, such as hyperforin, guggulipid, colupulone, and isoflavones. Response to specific ligands is species-specific.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | NR1I2 |
| Uniprot: | O75469 |
| Entrez: | 8856 |

| Belongs to: |
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| nuclear hormone receptor family |

BXR; NR1I2; nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 2; nuclear receptor subfamily 1, group I, member 2; ONR1; Orphan nuclear receptor PAR1; Orphan nuclear receptor PXR; PAR; PAR1; PAR2; Pregnane X receptor; PRR; PXR; PXRPARq; SAR; Steroid and xenobiotic receptor; SXR; SXRBXR
Mass (kDA):
49.762 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3q13.33 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (119780484..119818485) |
Expressed in liver, colon and small intestine.
Nucleus.






PMID: 9784494 by Blumberg B., et al. SXR, a novel steroid and xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptor.
PMID: 9727070 by Lehmann J.M., et al. The human orphan nuclear receptor PXR is activated by compounds that regulate CYP3A4 gene expression and cause drug interactions.