title: Structure of the IRS-1 PTB domain bound to the juxtamembrane region of the insulin receptor.
abstract: Crystal structures of the insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) phosphotyrosine-binding (PTB) domain, alone and complexed with the juxtamembrane region of the insulin receptor, show how this domain recognizes phosphorylated "NPXY" sequence motifs. The domain is a 7-stranded beta sandwich capped by a C-terminal helix. The insulin receptor phosphopeptide fills an L-shaped cleft on the domain. The N-terminal residues of the bound peptide form an additional strand in the beta sandwich, stabilized by contacts with the C-terminal helix. These interactions explain why IRS-1 binds to the insulin receptor but not to NPXpY motifs in growth factor receptors. The PTB domains of IRS-1 and Shc share a common fold with pleckstrin homology domains. Overall, ligand binding by IRS-1 and Shc PTB domains is similar, but residues critical for phosphotyrosine recognition are not conserved.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Eck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhe-Paganon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Trüb
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Shoelson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006801:Humans; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: C526292:IRS1 protein, human; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011972:Receptor, Insulin