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Facts about Vitamin D3 receptor.
The VDR-RXR heterodimers bind to specific response elements on DNA and activate the transcription of vitamin D3-responsive target genes (PubMed:28698609). Plays a central role in calcium homeostasis (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | VDR |
| Uniprot: | P11473 |
| Entrez: | 7421 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| nuclear hormone receptor family |

NR1I1; NR1I1Nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group I member 11,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor; VDR; vitamin D1,25- dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor; vitamin D3 receptor
Mass (kDA):
48.289 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q13.11 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (47841537..47905022, complement) |
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Localizes mainly to the nucleus (PubMed:28698609, PubMed:12145331). Localization to the nucleus is enhanced by vitamin D3.






PMID: 2835767 by Baker A.R., et al. Cloning and expression of full-length cDNA encoding human vitamin D receptor.
PMID: 1324736 by Goto H., et al. A single receptor identical with that from intestine/T47D cells mediates the action of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 in HL-60 cells.
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