期刊名称:Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
印刷版ISSN:0301-4800
电子版ISSN:1881-7742
出版年度:2021
卷号:67
期号:2
页码:126-129
DOI:10.3177/jnsv.67.126
出版社:Center for Academic Publications Japan
摘要:HNF4α is a nuclear receptor whose ligands are fatty acids. HNF4α is a target molecule for drug discovery research and thus we tested its covalent binding ability to investigate the possible development of covalent modifiers of HNF4α. Oxidized polyunsaturated fatty acids (oxo-PUFAs) have moderate flexibility and possess a Michael acceptor that participates in conjugate addition reactions with nucleophilic amino acid residues. Thus, oxo-PUFAs were used as probes and their covalent binding abilities to HNF4α were verified. Several oxo-PUFAs, such as 4-oxoDHA, were shown to be covalent modifiers of HNF4α and therefore we concluded that HNF4α can form covalent bonds to ligands.