Mimicking of Estradiol Binding by Flame Retardants and Their Metabolites: A Crystallographic Analysis.
Gosavi, R.A., Knudsen, G.A., Birnbaum, L.S., Pedersen, L.C.(2013) Environ Health Perspect 121: 1194-1199
- PubMed: 23959441 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1306902
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4JVL, 4JVM, 4JVN - PubMed Abstract: 
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs), used in many types of consumer goods, are being studied because of concerns about possible health effects related to endocrine disruption, immunotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, and neurotoxicity. Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), the most widely used BFR, and human metabolites of certain congeners of polybrominated diphenyl ether (e.g., 3-OH-BDE-47) have been suggested to inhibit estrogen sulfotransferase, potentially affecting estrogen metabolism.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina, USA.