Structural domains of the insulin receptor and IGF receptor required for dimerisation and ligand binding |
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Authors: | Molina L Marino-Buslje C Quinn D R Siddle K |
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Institution: | Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. |
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Abstract: | 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 alpha-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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