Component
RAR alpha-RXR alpha heterodimer
Heterodimer of RARA and RXRA, a DNA-binding retinoid-receptor complex.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
Every nutrient with a recorded effect on this component, credited to the nutrient that acted rather than the chapter that recorded it. Open a nutrient to see the findings and the conditions they were measured under.
Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
RXRA associated with RARA and cooperatively bound retinoid response DNA.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_locator
- Figure 2
- experimental_model
- Recombinant receptors, gel shifts, coimmunoprecipitation and CV-1 reporters.
- exposure
- Receptor coexpression/reconstitution
- limitations
- Synthetic response elements; not every genomic site.
- nutrient_topic
- Vitamin A research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Vitamin A
- organism
- Recombinant receptors
- plain_language
- Two distinct receptor proteins assemble a DNA-binding complex.
- primary_references
- [va-kliewer-1992] Retinoid X receptor interacts with nuclear receptors in retinoic acid, thyroid hormone and vitamin D3 signalling (1992). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1310351/ DOI: 10.1038/355446a0
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Cell-free DNA-binding assay
Vitamin A: forms, mechanisms, deficiency and excess (2026-09-17) · lines 1082–1093
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Recombinant receptors, gel shifts, coimmunoprecipitation and CV-1 reporters. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### va-sig-rara-rxra-cooperative-binding RXRA associated with RARA and cooperatively bound retinoid response DNA. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Vitamin A research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Two distinct receptor proteins assemble a DNA-binding complex. organism: Recombinant receptors tissue_or_cell_type: Cell-free DNA-binding assay experimental_model: Recombinant receptors, gel shifts, coimmunoprecipitation and CV-1 reporters. limitations: Synthetic response elements; not every genomic site. evidence_locator: Figure 2 exposure: Receptor coexpression/reconstitution [va-kliewer-1992] Retinoid X receptor interacts with nuclear receptors in retinoic acid, thyroid hormone and vitamin D3 signalling (1992). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1310351/ DOI: 10.1038/355446a0
Complete structured claim and evidence
The events it takes part in
A mechanism often involves more than two components. These are the full events, with every participant and its role.
Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
Preserved passages that mention this component, quoted exactly. Open one to read it in context.
Open hypotheses
Proposed ideas that involve this component. They are labeled as hypotheses and do not change any recorded statement.
This is a research prototype built from draft material. It is not medical advice, and its statements still await verification against the original studies.