NameProgesterone receptor
Synonyms
  • NR3C3
  • Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 3
  • PR
Gene NamePGR
OrganismHuman
Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0001112|Progesterone receptor
MTELKAKGPRAPHVAGGPPSPEVGSPLLCRPAAGPFPGSQTSDTLPEVSAIPISLDGLLF
PRPCQGQDPSDEKTQDQQSLSDVEGAYSRAEATRGAGGSSSSPPEKDSGLLDSVLDTLLA
PSGPGQSQPSPPACEVTSSWCLFGPELPEDPPAAPATQRVLSPLMSRSGCKVGDSSGTAA
AHKVLPRGLSPARQLLLPASESPHWSGAPVKPSPQAAAVEVEEEDGSESEESAGPLLKGK
PRALGGAAAGGGAAAVPPGAAAGGVALVPKEDSRFSAPRVALVEQDAPMAPGRSPLATTV
MDFIHVPILPLNHALLAARTRQLLEDESYDGGAGAASAFAPPRSSPCASSTPVAVGDFPD
CAYPPDAEPKDDAYPLYSDFQPPALKIKEEEEGAEASARSPRSYLVAGANPAAFPDFPLG
PPPPLPPRATPSRPGEAAVTAAPASASVSSASSSGSTLECILYKAEGAPPQQGPFAPPPC
KAPGASGCLLPRDGLPSTSASAAAAGAAPALYPALGLNGLPQLGYQAAVLKEGLPQVYPP
YLNYLRPDSEASQSPQYSFESLPQKICLICGDEASGCHYGVLTCGSCKVFFKRAMEGQHN
YLCAGRNDCIVDKIRRKNCPACRLRKCCQAGMVLGGRKFKKFNKVRVVRALDAVALPQPV
GVPNESQALSQRFTFSPGQDIQLIPPLINLLMSIEPDVIYAGHDNTKPDTSSSLLTSLNQ
LGERQLLSVVKWSKSLPGFRNLHIDDQITLIQYSWMSLMVFGLGWRSYKHVSGQMLYFAP
DLILNEQRMKESSFYSLCLTMWQIPQEFVKLQVSQEEFLCMKVLLLLNTIPLEGLRSQTQ
FEEMRSSYIRELIKAIGLRQKGVVSSSQRFYQLTKLLDNLHDLVKQLHLYCLNTFIQSRA
LSVEFPEMMSEVIAAQLPKILAGMVKPLLFHKK
Number of residues933
Molecular Weight98979.96
Theoretical pI6.45
GO Classification
Functions
  • zinc ion binding
  • RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
  • steroid hormone receptor activity
  • transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding
  • DNA binding
  • steroid binding
  • receptor binding
  • enzyme binding
  • ATPase binding
  • RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity, ligand-activated sequence-specific DNA binding
Processes
  • ovulation from ovarian follicle
  • signal transduction
  • epithelial cell maturation
  • lung alveolus development
  • paracrine signaling
  • cell-cell signaling
  • progesterone receptor signaling pathway
  • regulation of epithelial cell proliferation
  • tertiary branching involved in mammary gland duct morphogenesis
  • gene expression
  • transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter
  • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter
  • negative regulation of gene expression
Components
  • mitochondrial outer membrane
  • nucleoplasm
General FunctionZinc ion binding
Specific FunctionThe steroid hormones and their receptors are involved in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression and affect cellular proliferation and differentiation in target tissues. Progesterone receptor isoform B (PRB) is involved activation of c-SRC/MAPK signaling on hormone stimulation.Isoform A: inactive in stimulating c-Src/MAPK signaling on hormone stimulation.Isoform 4: Increases mitochondrial membrane potential and cellular respiration upon stimulation by progesterone.
Pfam Domain Function
Transmembrane RegionsNot Available
GenBank Protein ID35652
UniProtKB IDP06401
UniProtKB Entry NamePRGR_HUMAN
Cellular LocationNucleus
Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0010387|Progesterone receptor (PGR)
ATGACTGAGCTGAAGGCAAAGGGTCCCCGGGCTCCCCACGTGGCGGGCGGCCCGCCCTCC
CCCGAGGTCGGATCCCCACTGCTGTGTCGCCCAGCCGCAGGTCCGTTCCCGGGGAGCCAG
ACCTCGGACACCTTGCCTGAAGTTTCGGCCATACCTATCTCCCTGGACGGGCTACTCTTC
CCTCGGCCCTGCCAGGGACAGGACCCCTCCGACGAAAAGACGCAGGACCAGCAGTCGCTG
TCGGACGTGGAGGGCGCATATTCCAGAGCTGAAGCTACAAGGGGTGCTGGAGGCAGCAGT
TCTAGTCCCCCAGAAAAGGACAGCGGACTGCTGGACAGTGTCTTGGACACTCTGTTGGCG
CCCTCAGGTCCCGGGCAGAGCCAACCCAGCCCTCCCGCCTGCGAGGTCACCAGCTCTTGG
TGCCTGTTTGGCCCCGAACTTCCCGAAGATCCACCGGCTGCCCCCGCCACCCAGCGGGTG
TTGTCCCCGCTCATGAGCCGGTCCGGGTGCAAGGTTGGAGACAGCTCCGGGACGGCAGCT
GCCCATAAAGTGCTGCCCCGGGGCCTGTCACCAGCCCGGCAGCTGCTGCTCCCGGCCTCT
GAGAGCCCTCACTGGTCCGGGGCCCCAGTGAAGCCGTCTCCGCAGGCCGCTGCGGTGGAG
GTTGAGGAGGAGGATGGCTCTGAGTCCGAGGAGTCTGCGGGTCCGCTTCTGAAGGGCAAA
CCTCGGGCTCTGGGTGGCGCGGCGGCTGGAGGAGGAGCCGCGGCTGTCCCGCCGGGGGCG
GCAGCAGGAGGCGTCGCCCTGGTCCCCAAGGAAGATTCCCGCTTCTCAGCGCCCAGGGTC
GCCCTGGTGGAGCAGGACGCGCCGATGGCGCCCGGGCGCTCCCCGCTGGCCACCACGGTG
ATGGATTTCATCCACGTGCCTATCCTGCCTCTCAATCACGCCTTATTGGCAGCCCGCACT
CGGCAGCTGCTGGAAGACGAAAGTTACGACGGCGGGGCCGGGGCTGCCAGCGCCTTTGCC
CCGCCGCGGAGTTCACCCTGTGCCTCGTCCACCCCGGTCGCTGTAGGCGACTTCCCCGAC
TGCGCGTACCCGCCCGACGCCGAGCCCAAGGACGACGCGTACCCTCTCTATAGCGACTTC
CAGCCGCCCGCTCTAAAGATAAAGGAGGAGGAGGAAGGCGCGGAGGCCTCCGCGCGCTCC
CCGCGTTCCTACCTTGTGGCCGGTGCCAACCCCGCAGCCTTCCCGGATTTCCCGTTGGGG
CCACCGCCCCCGCTGCCGCCGCGAGCGACCCCATCCAGACCCGGGGAAGCGGCGGTGACG
GCCGCACCCGCCAGTGCCTCAGTCTCGTCTGCGTCCTCCTCGGGGTCGACCCTGGAGTGC
ATCCTGTACAAAGCGGAGGGCGCGCCGCCCCAGCAGGGCCCGTTCGCGCCGCCGCCCTGC
AAGGCGCCGGGCGCGAGCGGCTGCCTGCTCCCGCGGGACGGCCTGCCCTCCACCTCCGCC
TCTGCCGCCGCCGCCGGGGCGGCCCCCGCGCTCTACCCTGCACTCGGCCTCAACGGGCTC
CCGCAGCTCGGCTACCAGGCCGCCGTGCTCAAGGAGGGCCTGCCGCAGGTCTACCCGCCC
TATCTCAACTACCTGAGGCCGGATTCAGAAGCCAGCCAGAGCCCACAATACAGCTTCGAG
TCATTACCTCAGAAGATTTGTTTAATCTGTGGGGATGAAGCATCAGGCTGTCATTATGGT
GTCCTTACCTGTGGGAGCTGTAAGGTCTTCTTTAAGAGGGCAATGGAAGGGCAGCACAAC
TACTTATGTGCTGGAAGAAATGACTGCATCGTTGATAAAATCCGCAGAAAAAACTGCCCA
GCATGTCGCCTTAGAAAGTGCTGTCAGGCTGGCATGGTCCTTGGAGGTCGAAAATTTAAA
AAGTTCAATAAAGTCAGAGTTGTGAGAGCACTGGATGCTGTTGCTCTCCCACAGCCAGTG
GGCGTTCCAAATGAAAGCCAAGCCCTAAGCCAGAGATTCACTTTTTCACCAGGTCAAGAC
ATACAGTTGATTCCACCACTGATCAACCTGTTAATGAGCATTGAACCAGATGTGATCTAT
GCAGGACATGACAACACAAAACCTGACACCTCCAGTTCTTTGCTGACAAGTCTTAATCAA
CTAGGCGAGAGGCAACTTCTTTCAGTAGTCAAGTGGTCTAAATCATTGCCAGGTTTTCGA
AACTTACATATTGATGACCAGATAACTCTCATTCAGTATTCTTGGATGAGCTTAATGGTG
TTTGGTCTAGGATGGAGATCCTACAAACACGTCAGTGGGCAGATGCTGTATTTTGCACCT
GATCTAATACTAAATGAACAGCGGATGAAAGAATCATCATTCTATTCATTATGCCTTACC
ATGTGGCAGATCCCACAGGAGTTTGTCAAGCTTCAAGTTAGCCAAGAAGAGTTCCTCTGT
ATGAAAGTATTGTTACTTCTTAATACAATTCCTTTGGAAGGGCTACGAAGTCAAACCCAG
TTTGAGGAGATGAGGTCAAGCTACATTAGAGAGCTCATCAAGGCAATTGGTTTGAGGCAA
AAAGGAGTTGTGTCGAGCTCACAGCGTTTCTATCAACTTACAAAACTTCTTGATAACTTG
CATGATCTTGTCAAACAACTTCATCTGTACTGCTTGAATACATTTATCCAGTCCCGGGCA
CTGAGTGTTGAATTTCCAGAAATGATGTCTGAAGTTATTGCTGCACAATTACCCAAGATA
TTGGCAGGGATGGTGAAACCCCTTCTCTTTCATAAAAAGTGA
GenBank Gene IDX51730
GeneCard IDNot Available
GenAtlas IDPGR
HGNC IDHGNC:8910
Chromosome Location11
Locus11q22-q23
References
  1. Kastner P, Krust A, Turcotte B, Stropp U, Tora L, Gronemeyer H, Chambon P: Two distinct estrogen-regulated promoters generate transcripts encoding the two functionally different human progesterone receptor forms A and B. EMBO J. 1990 May;9(5):1603-14. 2328727
  2. Misrahi M, Atger M, d'Auriol L, Loosfelt H, Meriel C, Fridlansky F, Guiochon-Mantel A, Galibert F, Milgrom E: Complete amino acid sequence of the human progesterone receptor deduced from cloned cDNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1987 Mar 13;143(2):740-8. 3551956
  3. Chen C, Opazo JC, Erez O, Uddin M, Santolaya-Forgas J, Goodman M, Grossman LI, Romero R, Wildman DE: The human progesterone receptor shows evidence of adaptive evolution associated with its ability to act as a transcription factor. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2008 May;47(2):637-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.026. Epub 2008 Feb 1. 18375150
  4. Saner KJ, Welter BH, Zhang F, Hansen E, Dupont B, Wei Y, Price TM: Cloning and expression of a novel, truncated, progesterone receptor. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2003 Feb 28;200(1-2):155-63. 12644308
  5. Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, Otsuki T, Sugiyama T, Irie R, Wakamatsu A, Hayashi K, Sato H, Nagai K, Kimura K, Makita H, Sekine M, Obayashi M, Nishi T, Shibahara T, Tanaka T, Ishii S, Yamamoto J, Saito K, Kawai Y, Isono Y, Nakamura Y, Nagahari K, Murakami K, Yasuda T, Iwayanagi T, Wagatsuma M, Shiratori A, Sudo H, Hosoiri T, Kaku Y, Kodaira H, Kondo H, Sugawara M, Takahashi M, Kanda K, Yokoi T, Furuya T, Kikkawa E, Omura Y, Abe K, Kamihara K, Katsuta N, Sato K, Tanikawa M, Yamazaki M, Ninomiya K, Ishibashi T, Yamashita H, Murakawa K, Fujimori K, Tanai H, Kimata M, Watanabe M, Hiraoka S, Chiba Y, Ishida S, Ono Y, Takiguchi S, Watanabe S, Yosida M, Hotuta T, Kusano J, Kanehori K, Takahashi-Fujii A, Hara H, Tanase TO, Nomura Y, Togiya S, Komai F, Hara R, Takeuchi K, Arita M, Imose N, Musashino K, Yuuki H, Oshima A, Sasaki N, Aotsuka S, Yoshikawa Y, Matsunawa H, Ichihara T, Shiohata N, Sano S, Moriya S, Momiyama H, Satoh N, Takami S, Terashima Y, Suzuki O, Nakagawa S, Senoh A, Mizoguchi H, Goto Y, Shimizu F, Wakebe H, Hishigaki H, Watanabe T, Sugiyama A, Takemoto M, Kawakami B, Yamazaki M, Watanabe K, Kumagai A, Itakura S, Fukuzumi Y, Fujimori Y, Komiyama M, Tashiro H, Tanigami A, Fujiwara T, Ono T, Yamada K, Fujii Y, Ozaki K, Hirao M, Ohmori Y, Kawabata A, Hikiji T, Kobatake N, Inagaki H, Ikema Y, Okamoto S, Okitani R, Kawakami T, Noguchi S, Itoh T, Shigeta K, Senba T, Matsumura K, Nakajima Y, Mizuno T, Morinaga M, Sasaki M, Togashi T, Oyama M, Hata H, Watanabe M, Komatsu T, Mizushima-Sugano J, Satoh T, Shirai Y, Takahashi Y, Nakagawa K, Okumura K, Nagase T, Nomura N, Kikuchi H, Masuho Y, Yamashita R, Nakai K, Yada T, Nakamura Y, Ohara O, Isogai T, Sugano S: Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs. Nat Genet. 2004 Jan;36(1):40-5. Epub 2003 Dec 21. 14702039
  6. Taylor TD, Noguchi H, Totoki Y, Toyoda A, Kuroki Y, Dewar K, Lloyd C, Itoh T, Takeda T, Kim DW, She X, Barlow KF, Bloom T, Bruford E, Chang JL, Cuomo CA, Eichler E, FitzGerald MG, Jaffe DB, LaButti K, Nicol R, Park HS, Seaman C, Sougnez C, Yang X, Zimmer AR, Zody MC, Birren BW, Nusbaum C, Fujiyama A, Hattori M, Rogers J, Lander ES, Sakaki Y: Human chromosome 11 DNA sequence and analysis including novel gene identification. Nature. 2006 Mar 23;440(7083):497-500. 16554811
  7. Knotts TA, Orkiszewski RS, Cook RG, Edwards DP, Weigel NL: Identification of a phosphorylation site in the hinge region of the human progesterone receptor and additional amino-terminal phosphorylation sites. J Biol Chem. 2001 Mar 16;276(11):8475-83. Epub 2000 Dec 7. 11110801
  8. Dai Q, Shah AA, Garde RV, Yonish BA, Zhang L, Medvitz NA, Miller SE, Hansen EL, Dunn CN, Price TM: A truncated progesterone receptor (PR-M) localizes to the mitochondrion and controls cellular respiration. Mol Endocrinol. 2013 May;27(5):741-53. doi: 10.1210/me.2012-1292. Epub 2013 Mar 21. 23518922
  9. Zhang Y, Beck CA, Poletti A, Edwards DP, Weigel NL: Identification of a group of Ser-Pro motif hormone-inducible phosphorylation sites in the human progesterone receptor. Mol Endocrinol. 1995 Aug;9(8):1029-40. 7476977
  10. Beck CA, Zhang Y, Altmann M, Weigel NL, Edwards DP: Stoichiometry and site-specific phosphorylation of human progesterone receptor in native target cells and in the baculovirus expression system. J Biol Chem. 1996 Aug 9;271(32):19546-55. 8702648
  11. Zhang Y, Beck CA, Poletti A, Clement JP 4th, Prendergast P, Yip TT, Hutchens TW, Edwards DP, Weigel NL: Phosphorylation of human progesterone receptor by cyclin-dependent kinase 2 on three sites that are authentic basal phosphorylation sites in vivo. Mol Endocrinol. 1997 Jun;11(6):823-32. 9171245
  12. Clemm DL, Sherman L, Boonyaratanakornkit V, Schrader WT, Weigel NL, Edwards DP: Differential hormone-dependent phosphorylation of progesterone receptor A and B forms revealed by a phosphoserine site-specific monoclonal antibody. Mol Endocrinol. 2000 Jan;14(1):52-65. 10628747
  13. Lange CA, Shen T, Horwitz KB: Phosphorylation of human progesterone receptors at serine-294 by mitogen-activated protein kinase signals their degradation by the 26S proteasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Feb 1;97(3):1032-7. 10655479
  14. Qi C, Chang J, Zhu Y, Yeldandi AV, Rao SM, Zhu YJ: Identification of protein arginine methyltransferase 2 as a coactivator for estrogen receptor alpha. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 9;277(32):28624-30. Epub 2002 May 30. 12039952
  15. Hsiao PW, Fryer CJ, Trotter KW, Wang W, Archer TK: BAF60a mediates critical interactions between nuclear receptors and the BRG1 chromatin-remodeling complex for transactivation. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Sep;23(17):6210-20. 12917342
  16. Pierson-Mullany LK, Lange CA: Phosphorylation of progesterone receptor serine 400 mediates ligand-independent transcriptional activity in response to activation of cyclin-dependent protein kinase 2. Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Dec;24(24):10542-57. 15572662
  17. Narayanan R, Edwards DP, Weigel NL: Human progesterone receptor displays cell cycle-dependent changes in transcriptional activity. Mol Cell Biol. 2005 Apr;25(8):2885-98. 15798179
  18. Chadli A, Graham JD, Abel MG, Jackson TA, Gordon DF, Wood WM, Felts SJ, Horwitz KB, Toft D: GCUNC-45 is a novel regulator for the progesterone receptor/hsp90 chaperoning pathway. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Mar;26(5):1722-30. 16478993
  19. Man JH, Li HY, Zhang PJ, Zhou T, He K, Pan X, Liang B, Li AL, Zhao J, Gong WL, Jin BF, Xia Q, Yu M, Shen BF, Zhang XM: PIAS3 induction of PRB sumoylation represses PRB transactivation by destabilizing its retention in the nucleus. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006;34(19):5552-66. Epub 2006 Oct 4. 17020914
  20. Zhang PJ, Zhao J, Li HY, Man JH, He K, Zhou T, Pan X, Li AL, Gong WL, Jin BF, Xia Q, Yu M, Shen BF, Zhang XM: CUE domain containing 2 regulates degradation of progesterone receptor by ubiquitin-proteasome. EMBO J. 2007 Apr 4;26(7):1831-42. Epub 2007 Mar 8. 17347654
  21. Daniel AR, Faivre EJ, Lange CA: Phosphorylation-dependent antagonism of sumoylation derepresses progesterone receptor action in breast cancer cells. Mol Endocrinol. 2007 Dec;21(12):2890-906. Epub 2007 Aug 23. 17717077
  22. Daniel AR, Qiu M, Faivre EJ, Ostrander JH, Skildum A, Lange CA: Linkage of progestin and epidermal growth factor signaling: phosphorylation of progesterone receptors mediates transcriptional hypersensitivity and increased ligand-independent breast cancer cell growth. Steroids. 2007 Feb;72(2):188-201. Epub 2006 Dec 14. 17173941
  23. Faivre EJ, Daniel AR, Hillard CJ, Lange CA: Progesterone receptor rapid signaling mediates serine 345 phosphorylation and tethering to specificity protein 1 transcription factors. Mol Endocrinol. 2008 Apr;22(4):823-37. doi: 10.1210/me.2007-0437. Epub 2008 Jan 17. 18202149
  24. Pedram A, Razandi M, Deschenes RJ, Levin ER: DHHC-7 and -21 are palmitoylacyltransferases for sex steroid receptors. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Jan;23(1):188-99. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-07-0638. Epub 2011 Oct 26. 22031296
  25. Williams SP, Sigler PB: Atomic structure of progesterone complexed with its receptor. Nature. 1998 May 28;393(6683):392-6. 9620806
  26. Zhang Z, Olland AM, Zhu Y, Cohen J, Berrodin T, Chippari S, Appavu C, Li S, Wilhem J, Chopra R, Fensome A, Zhang P, Wrobel J, Unwalla RJ, Lyttle CR, Winneker RC: Molecular and pharmacological properties of a potent and selective novel nonsteroidal progesterone receptor agonist tanaproget. J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 5;280(31):28468-75. Epub 2005 Jun 3. 15937332