title: Insulin hexamers: new conformations and applications.
abstract: Recent studies on the structural and chemical properties of insulin have shown that the insulin hexamer is an allosteric protein capable of adopting three distinct conformations, designated T6, T3R3 and R6. Although the physiological consequences of this allostery are not established, new applications for the insulin hexamer as a model system for the study of allostery and for the study of zinc enzymes and copper proteins are emerging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside 92521-0129.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Brader
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D007328:Insulin / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin