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PXR stabilized ATF3 protein by blocking its ubiquitination. PXR\u2013ATF3 interaction is required for regulating ATF3, as one mutant of lysine (K) 42R of ATF3 lost binding with PXR and abolished PXR-reduced ubiquitination of ATF3. On the other hand, threonine (T) 432A of PXR lost binding with ATF3 and further compromised ATM activation. Moreover, the PXR\u2013ATF3 interaction increases ATF3 stabilization through disrupting ATF3\u2013murine double minute 2 (MDM2) interaction and negatively regulating MDM2 protein expression. PXR enhanced MDM2 auto-ubiquitination and shortened its half-life, therefore compromising the MDM2-mediated degradation of ATF3 protein. Structurally, both ATF3 and PXR bind to the RING domain of MDM2, and on the other hand, MDM2 binds with PXR on the DNA-binding domain (DBD), which contains zinc finger sequence. Zinc finger sequence is well known for nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-\u03b3 (PPAR\u03b3) playing E3 ligase activity to degrade nuclear factor \u03baB (NF\u03baB)\/p65. However, whether zinc-RING sequence grants E3 ligase activity to PXR remains elusive. Taken together, these results provide a novel mechanism that PXR contributes to IR resistance by promoting ATF3-mediated ATM activation through stabilization of ATF3. 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