title: Quaternary structure of the insulin-insulin receptor complex.
abstract: The three-dimensional (3D) structure of the intrinsically dimeric insulin receptor bound to its ligand, insulin, was determined by electron cryomicroscopy. Gold-labeled insulin served to locate the insulin-binding domain. The 3D structure was then fitted with available known high-resolution domain substructures to obtain a detailed contiguous model for this heterotetrameric transmembrane receptor. The 3D reconstruction indicates that the two alpha subunits jointly participate in insulin binding and that the kinase domains in the two beta subunits are in a juxtaposition that permits autophosphorylation of tyrosine residues in the first step of insulin receptor activation.
authors.affiliation: Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1L6, Canada.
authors.forename: R Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Beniac
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yip
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Ottensmeyer
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D019281:Dimerization; D006046:Gold; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007328:Insulin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D017348:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Transmission; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008024:Ligands; D006046:Gold; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin