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Identification of the allosteric regulatory site of insulysin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Noinaj Nicholas, Bhasin Sonia K, Song Eun Suk, Scoggin Kirsten E, Juliano Maria A, Juliano Luiz, Hersh Louis B, Rodgers David W
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BACKGROUND: Insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) is responsible for the metabolism of insulin and plays a role in clearance of the Aβ peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease. Unlike most proteolytic enzymes, IDE, which consists of four structurally related domains and exists primarily as a dimer, exhibits allosteric kinetics, being activated by both small substrate peptides and polyphosphates such as ATP. PRINCIPAL...
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