CODSWALLOP

Androgen receptor

Homo sapiens · seed P10275 · 920 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

368Entries 380Entities 202Constructs 15Organisms 258Ligand-bound
1.10 ÅBest res.
2.15 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

2AM9, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 2AM9
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Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

1460920264 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

202 distinct constructs across 368 entries. 359 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 0 carry a recognised expression tag and 0 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
14 90 1.61 3G9M residues 436-525; P436G, P437S, K438H +1 more
14 240 1.50 3OLL residues 261-500
14 251 1.66 1T65 residues 670-920
11 249 1.65 3B66 residues 672-920
9 87 1.60 6FBQ residues 126-212; N126G, M127S, A128H +1 more
8 269 1.40 1T7R residues 643-911; P643G, T644S, E645P +8 more
7 250 1.42 4OHA residues 671-920; R761A, T878A
7 250 2.00 4OJB residues 671-920; W742L, R761A
7 256 1.65 2AX9 residues 665-920
6 248 2.25 7YXC A1F
6 250 1.80 4OEZ residues 671-920; R761A
6 260 1.65 3ZR7 residues 674-933; T674G, F675S, S676H +1 more
6 280 1.80 4UDD residues 498-777; K498G, G499S, N517D +3 more
6 305 1.46 9GC7 TEV site; residues 734-984; L734M, C808S, S810L +1 more
5 114 1.85 5E69 residues 390-506; 1 internal deletion; S390M, N391H, G392H +19 more
5 247 1.54 7XVY residues 256-502; R256G, E257P, L259G +6 more
5 266 1.64 2AM9 residues 655-920
4 256 1.80 1A28 residues 678-933
4 257 2.28 2JJ3 residues 249-505; G249M, G250H, A252H +3 more
4 260 1.95 3G0W residues 644-902; 1-residue insertion after 646; V644G
3 94 2.30 1A6Y residues 123-216; H147L
3 94 2.30 5EMC residues 407-500; S407G, S409H, S410M
3 110 2.70 1KB2 residues 16-125
3 249 1.45 6W9L A1F
3 257 1.87 2Q7I residues 664-920

Showing the 25 most-used of 202.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

C670L 67% T878C 64% F755Y 60% R761Q 59% G684E 59% C687Y 59% N693S 59% F698T 59% A700S 59% A736T 59% T756K 59% G796V 59% I800V 59% P802Y 59% Q803E 59% F827L 59% C845K 59% R847E 59% C853N 59% A871V 59% E873N 59% D891E 59% I842A 58% P869D 58% I870L 58% Q671T 58% V902A 58% I673T 58% E707R 58% V731L 58%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
dimeric2 123 33.4%
tetrameric4 115 31.2%
monomeric1 112 30.4%
trimeric3 6 1.6%
hexameric6 4 1.1%
octameric8 4 1.1%
pentameric5 3 0.8%
11-meric11 1 0.3%

224 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 115 carry the depositor's word alone and 28 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 20 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1L2J, 1NDE, 1NHZ, 1U9E, 2FSZ, 2OVH, 2OVM, 3D24, 3E7C, 3G6Q, 3G9I, 3K6P, 3OLL, 3OLS, 3OMO, 3OMP, 3OMQ, 4FN9, 4LSJ, 8IFO.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHErythroid Transcription FaRetinoid X ReceptorSCOP2BGlucocorticoid receptor-liGlucocorticoid receptor-liGlucocorticoid receptor-liNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-biNuclear receptor ligand-bi1460920
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Erythroid Transcription Factor GATA-1, subunit ACATH 3.30.50.10 561–638 57
Retinoid X ReceptorCATH 1.10.565.10 673–920 247
Glucocorticoid receptor-like (DNA-binding domain)SCOP2B 8039047 564–634 14
Glucocorticoid receptor-like (DNA-binding domain)SCOP2B 8039031 565–643 12
Glucocorticoid receptor-like (DNA-binding domain)SCOP2B 8068336 581–653 18
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8037208 672–919 90
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8038722 673–908 37
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8094545 673–919 9
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8039734 677–920 18
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8040073 681–920 7
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8033332 683–920 32
Nuclear receptor ligand-binding domainSCOP2B 8068507 694–920 29

What binds it

DHT DHT48 entries DEX DEX19 entries STR STR8 entries 198 1988 entries HFT HFT8 entries CPS CPS8 entries 486 4866 entries 1CA 1CA6 entries R18 R185 entries EST EST5 entries 4HY 4HY4 entries NDR NDR3 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
ZNion Zinc Ion 108 1.60
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 69 1.40
DHTligand 5-Alpha-Dihydrotestosterone 48 1.40
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 48 1.44
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 32 1.10
DEXligand Dexamethasone 19 1.50
TESbuffer Testosterone 11 1.64
CLion Chloride Ion 9 1.71
STRligand Progesterone 8 1.55
198ligand R-Bicalutamide 8 1.80
HFTligand Hydroxyflutamide 8 1.42
CPSligand 3-[(3-Cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-Propanesulfonate 8 1.80
486ligand 11-(4-Dimethylamino-Phenyl)-17-Hydroxy-13-Methyl-17-Prop-1-Ynyl- 6 1.80
1CAligand Desoxycorticosterone 6 1.95
IMDbuffer Imidazole 6 1.40
R18ligand (17beta)-17-Hydroxy-17-Methylestra-4,9,11-Trien-3-One 5 1.80
NAion Sodium Ion 5 1.70
ESTligand Estradiol 5 1.50
MGion Magnesium Ion 5 2.07
MPDcryoprotectant (4s)-2-Methyl-2,4-Pentanediol 5 1.46

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 333 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 338 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 7.0 (range 4.2 to 8.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Magnesium chloride × Sodium citrate × Sodium chloride × Lithium sulfate × Ammonium sulfate × Calcium chloride × Isopropanol × Sodium formate × MPD × Ethanol × Sodium malonate × PEG (unspecified) × Ammonium phosphate ×

Buffers

HEPES × MES × Tris × Citrate × Bis-Tris × Sodium cacodylate × Sodium acetate × CHES × Bis-Tris propane × Imidazole × Phosphate ×

Which entries to trust

367 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 94 clean, 136 worth a check and 137 with something to explain. Median clashscore 7.8, median RSRZ outliers 5.2%, median R-free minus R-work 0.038. 339 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens284 1.10 215 40%
Rattus norvegicus31 1.61 6 40%
unidentified13 1.90 10 36%
synthetic construct10 1.45 5 36%
Mus musculus9 1.50 4 36%
Pan troglodytes8 1.40 8 28%
Drosophila melanogaster3 1.95 0 8%
Unknown3 2.04 3 27%
Heliothis virescens1 11.60 2 8%
Escherichia phage EcSzw-21 1.55 1 27%
Escherichia coli BL211 2.10 1 27%
Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)1 2.29 1 28%

Seed sequence

920 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MEVQLGLGRV YPRPPSKTYR GAFQNLFQSV REVIQNPGPR HPEAASAAPP GASLLLLQQQ
61QQQQQQQQQQ QQQQQQQQQQ ETSPRQQQQQ QGEDGSPQAH RRGPTGYLVL DEEQQPSQPQ
121SALECHPERG CVPEPGAAVA ASKGLPQQLP APPDEDDSAA PSTLSLLGPT FPGLSSCSAD
181LKDILSEAST MQLLQQQQQE AVSEGSSSGR AREASGAPTS SKDNYLGGTS TISDNAKELC
241KAVSVSMGLG VEALEHLSPG EQLRGDCMYA PLLGVPPAVR PTPCAPLAEC KGSLLDDSAG
301KSTEDTAEYS PFKGGYTKGL EGESLGCSGS AAAGSSGTLE LPSTLSLYKS GALDEAAAYQ
361SRDYYNFPLA LAGPPPPPPP PHPHARIKLE NPLDYGSAWA AAAAQCRYGD LASLHGAGAA
421GPGSGSPSAA ASSSWHTLFT AEEGQLYGPC GGGGGGGGGG GGGGGGGGGG GGGEAGAVAP
481YGYTRPPQGL AGQESDFTAP DVWYPGGMVS RVPYPSPTCV KSEMGPWMDS YSGPYGDMRL
541ETARDHVLPI DYYFPPQKTC LICGDEASGC HYGALTCGSC KVFFKRAAEG KQKYLCASRN
601DCTIDKFRRK NCPSCRLRKC YEAGMTLGAR KLKKLGNLKL QEEGEASSTT SPTEETTQKL
661TVSHIEGYEC QPIFLNVLEA IEPGVVCAGH DNNQPDSFAA LLSSLNELGE RQLVHVVKWA
721KALPGFRNLH VDDQMAVIQY SWMGLMVFAM GWRSFTNVNS RMLYFAPDLV FNEYRMHKSR
781MYSQCVRMRH LSQEFGWLQI TPQEFLCMKA LLLFSIIPVD GLKNQKFFDE LRMNYIKELD
841RIIACKRKNP TSCSRRFYQL TKLLDSVQPI ARELHQFTFD LLIKSHMVSV DFPEMMAEII
901SVQVPKILSG KVKPIYFHTQ

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2026 Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists With an Acylurea as a Key Polar Interaction Motif. Chemmedchem doi:10.1002/cmdc.202501047
2025 The multimerization pathway of the glucocorticoid receptor. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1003
2025 New structural insights into the control of the retinoic acid receptors RAR/RXR by DNA, ligands, and transcriptional coregulators. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf967
2024 Structural mechanism underlying variations in DNA binding by the androgen receptor. J.Steroid Biochem.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2024.106499
2024 Minimising the payload solvent exposed hydrophobic surface area optimises the antibody-drug conjugate properties. Rsc Med Chem doi:10.1039/d3md00540b
2024 Structural characterization of the DNA binding mechanism of retinoic acid-related orphan receptor gamma. Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2024.01.004
2024 Nucleosome-bound NR5A2 structure reveals pioneer factor mechanism by DNA minor groove anchor competition. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-024-01239-0
2023 A hotspot for posttranslational modifications on the androgen receptor dimer interface drives pathology and anti-androgen resistance. Sci Adv doi:10.1126/sciadv.ade2175
2023 A partially open conformation of an androgen receptor ligand-binding domain with drug-resistance mutations. Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.F doi:10.1107/S2053230X23002224
2023 Structures of human TR4LBD-JAZF1 and TR4DBD-DNA complexes reveal the molecular basis of transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkac1259
2023 Quaternary glucocorticoid receptor structure highlights allosteric interdomain communication. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-022-00914-4
2023 ERR gamma-DBD undergoes dimerization and conformational rearrangement upon binding to the downstream site of the DR1 element. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.03.038
2023 Asymmetric dimerization in a transcription factor superfamily is promoted by allosteric interactions with DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad632
2023 Cryo-EM reveals how Hsp90 and FKBP immunophilins co-regulate the glucocorticoid receptor. Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1038/s41594-023-01128-y
2023 Structural basis of the farnesoid X receptor/retinoid X receptor heterodimer on inverted repeat DNA. Comput Struct Biotechnol J doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2023.05.026
2022 Structure-Based Study to Overcome Cross-Reactivity of Novel Androgen Receptor Inhibitors. Cells doi:10.3390/cells11182785
2022 Evaluating the correlation of binding affinities between isothermal titration calorimetry and fragment molecular orbital method of estrogen receptor beta with diarylpropionitrile (DPN) or DPN derivatives. J.Steroid Biochem.Mol.Biol. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106152
2022 The multivalency of the glucocorticoid receptor ligand-binding domain explains its manifold physiological activities. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkac1119
2022 Structure of Hsp90-Hsp70-Hop-GR reveals the Hsp90 client-loading mechanism. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04252-1
2021 Structural basis for glucocorticoid receptor recognition of both unmodified and methylated binding sites, precursors of a modern recognition element. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab605
2021 Structure of Hsp90-p23-GR reveals the Hsp90 client-remodelling mechanism. Nature doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04236-1
2021 Discovery of a Novel Class of ERR alpha Agonists. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00100
2020 Disruption of a key ligand-H-bond network drives dissociative properties in vamorolone for Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA doi:10.1073/pnas.2006890117
2020 Structural basis for DNA recognition and allosteric control of the retinoic acid receptors RAR-RXR. Nucleic Acids Res. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa697
2020 Crystal structure of the mineralocorticoid receptor ligand-binding domain in complex with a potent and selective nonsteroidal blocker, esaxerenone (CS-3150). Febs Lett. doi:10.1002/1873-3468.13746
2020 Structural basis of NR4A1 bound to the human pituitary proopiomelanocortin gene promoter. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.11.192
2020 Integrated Structural Modeling of Full-Length LRH-1 Reveals Inter-domain Interactions Contribute to Receptor Structure and Function Structure doi:10.1016/j.str.2020.04.020
2019 Identification of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Modulators with Low Impact on Electrolyte Homeostasis but Maintained Organ Protection. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01523
2019 First High-Resolution Crystal Structures of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Ligand-Binding Domain-Peroxisome Proliferator-ActivatedgammaCoactivator 1-alphaComplex with Endogenous and Synthetic Glucocorticoids. Mol.Pharmacol. doi:10.1124/mol.119.116806
2019 Modulation of RXR-DNA complex assembly by DNA context. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2018.11.008
2019 Structural basis of binding of homodimers of the nuclear receptor NR4A2 to selective Nur-responsive DNA elements. J.Biol.Chem. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA119.010730
2018 Preclinical pharmacology of AZD9977: A novel mineralocorticoid receptor modulator separating organ protection from effects on electrolyte excretion. PLoS ONE doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0193380
2018 Cryptic glucocorticoid receptor-binding sites pervade genomic NF-kappa B response elements. Nat Commun doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03780-1
2018 Discovery of a Novel Oral Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulator (AZD9567) with Improved Side Effect Profile. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01690
2018 Probing Dominant Negative Behavior of Glucocorticoid Receptor beta through a Hybrid Structural and Biochemical Approach. Mol. Cell. Biol. doi:10.1128/MCB.00453-17
2018 The first crystal structure of a DNA-free nuclear receptor DNA binding domain sheds light on DNA-driven allostery in the glucocorticoid receptor. Sci Rep doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31812-9
2018 Discovery of a Potent and Selective Steroidal Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonist (ORIC-101). J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00743
2017 Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) Part III: Discovery of 4-(5-oxopyrrolidine-1-yl)benzonitrile derivative 2f as a clinical candidate. Bioorg. Med. Chem. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2017.04.018
2017 Structure-Based Drug Design of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists to Explore Oxosteroid Receptor Selectivity. ChemMedChem doi:10.1002/cmdc.201600529
2017 Selective Nonsteroidal Glucocorticoid Receptor Modulators for the Inhaled Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01215