Author
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- M. Zulema Cabail
(Stony Brook University)
- Shiqing Li
(Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Present address: Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP, 100 North 18th Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, USA)
- Eric Lemmon
(Stony Brook University)
- Mark E. Bowen
(Stony Brook University)
- Stevan R. Hubbard
(Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine)
- W. Todd Miller
(Stony Brook University)
Abstract
The insulin receptor (IR) and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF1R) are highly related receptor tyrosine kinases with a disulfide-linked homodimeric architecture. Ligand binding to the receptor ectodomain triggers tyrosine autophosphorylation of the cytoplasmic domains, which stimulates catalytic activity and creates recruitment sites for downstream signalling proteins. Whether the two phosphorylated tyrosine kinase domains within the receptor dimer function independently or cooperatively to phosphorylate protein substrates is not known. Here we provide crystallographic, biophysical and biochemical evidence demonstrating that the phosphorylated kinase domains of IR and IGF1R form a specific dimeric arrangement involving an exchange of the juxtamembrane region proximal to the kinase domain. In this dimer, the active position of α-helix C in the kinase N lobe is stabilized, which promotes downstream substrate phosphorylation. These studies afford a novel strategy for the design of small-molecule IR agonists as potential therapeutic agents for type 2 diabetes.
Suggested Citation
M. Zulema Cabail & Shiqing Li & Eric Lemmon & Mark E. Bowen & Stevan R. Hubbard & W. Todd Miller, 2015.
"The insulin and IGF1 receptor kinase domains are functional dimers in the activated state,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-8, May.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms7406
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7406
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