Tab. 1: Overview of retinoid pathway targets reviewed.
Section | Retinoid target | Long name | Basic function | Data source and entries | Table |
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3.1 | RBP | Retinol binding protein (serum / plasma) |
Transports dietary derived and in situ synthesized retinol in serum | PDB entries | S1 |
ChEMBL assays | S2 | ||||
3.2 | STRA6 | stimulated by retinoic acid gene 6 protein | Transports retinol across membrane into cell from bloodstream; receptor for retinol uptake; signaling | PDB entries | S3 |
3.3 | CRBP (CRBP1, CRBP2, CRBP3) | Cellular retinol binding protein | Binds retinol inside the cell | PDB entries | S4 |
3.4 | CRABP (CRABP1, CRABP2) | Cellular retinoic acid binding protein | Binds ATRA; facilitates transfer of ATRA from cytosol to nucleus | PDB entries | S5 |
ChEMBL assays | S6 | ||||
Fogh et al., 1993 | 2 | ||||
Chaudhuri et al., 1999 | 2 | ||||
3.5 | CYP26 | Retinoic acid 4- hydroxylase OR cytochrome P450 family 26 | Degradation of ATRA | ChEMBL assays | S7 |
Thatcher et al., 2011; Buttrick, 2013; Foti et al., 2016a,b | 3 | ||||
3.6 | RDH | Retinol dehydrogenase | Transforms retinol to retinal through dehydrogenation | ChEMBL assays | S8 |
3.7 | ALDH / RALDH | Aldehyde dehydrogenase / retinal dehydrogenase | Transforms retinal to ATRA through dehydrogenation | PDB entries | S9 |
ChEMBL assays | S10 | ||||
Koppaka et al., 2012 | 6 | ||||
3.8 | RARa | Retinoic acid receptor alpha | ATRA receptor | PDB entries | S11 |
ChEMBL assays | S12 | ||||
ToxCast assay results | S17 | ||||
3.9 | RARb | Retinoic acid receptor beta | ATRA receptor | PDB entries | S13 |
ChEMBL assays | S14 | ||||
ToxCast assay results | S17 | ||||
3.10 | RARg | Retinoic acid receptor gamma |
ATRA receptor | PDB entries | S15 |
ChEMBL assays | S16 | ||||
ToxCast assay results | S17 | ||||
3.11 | Retinoid pathway | Retinoid pathway | Chen and Reese, 2013; Chen et al., 2016b | 7 | |
ToxCast / Tox21 assay results | S17 |