Language
English
Publication Date
5-12-2025
Journal
Nature Communications
DOI
10.1038/s41467-025-59458-y
PMID
40355435
PMCID
PMC12069617
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
5-12-2025
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
The progesterone receptor (PR) is a steroid-responsive nuclear receptor with two isoforms: PR-A and PR-B. Disruption of PR-A:PR-B signaling is associated with breast cancer through interactions with oncogenic co-regulatory proteins (CoRs). However, molecular details of isoform-specific PR-CoR interactions remain poorly understood. Using structural mass spectrometry, we investigate the sequential binding mechanism of purified full-length PR and intact CoRs, steroid receptor coactivator 3 (SRC3) and p300, as complexes on target DNA. Our findings reveal selective CoR NR-box binding by PR and unique interaction surfaces between PR and CoRs during complex assembly, providing a structural basis for CoR sequential binding on PR. Antagonist-bound PR showed persistent CoR interactions, challenging the classical model of nuclear receptor activation and repression. In this work, we offer a peptide-level perspective on the organization of the PR transcriptional complex and infer the mechanisms behind the interactions of these proteins, both in active and inactive conformations.
Keywords
Receptors, Progesterone, Humans, Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3, Proteomics, Protein Binding, Protein Isoforms, Female, DNA
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Mann, Matthew D; Wang, Min; Ferreon, Josephine C; et al., "Structural Proteomics Defines a Sequential Priming Mechanism for the Progesterone Receptor" (2025). Faculty and Staff Publications. 3847.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/3847