Structural domains of the insulin receptor and IGF receptor required for dimerisation and ligand binding

Autor: K. Siddle, Cristina Marino-Buslje, L Molina, D.R Quinn
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: FEBS Letters. 467:226-230
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01161-3
Popis: We investigated structural requirements for dimerisation and ligand binding of insulin/IGF receptors. Soluble receptor fragments consisting of N-terminal domains (L1/CYS/L2, L1/CYS/L2/F0) or fibronectin domains (F0/F1/F2, F1/F2) were expressed in CHO cells. Fragments containing F0 or F1 domains were secreted as disulphide-linked dimers, and those consisting of L1/CYS/L2 domains as monomers. None of these proteins bound ligand. However, when a peptide of 16 amino acids from the α-subunit C-terminus was fused to the C-terminus of L1/CYS/L2, the monomeric insulin and IGF receptor constructs bound their respective ligands with affinity only 10-fold lower than native receptors.
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