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α-Helical element at the hormone-binding surface of the insulin receptor functions as a signaling element to activate its tyrosine kinase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Jul 2012
Whittaker Jonathan, Whittaker Linda J, Roberts Charles T, Phillips Nelson B, Ismail-Beigi Faramarz, Lawrence Michael C, Weiss Michael A
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The primary hormone-binding surface of the insulin receptor spans one face of the N-terminal β-helix of the α-subunit (the L1 domain) and an α-helix in its C-terminal segment (αCT). Crystallographic analysis of the free ectodomain has defined a contiguous dimer-related motif in which the αCT α-he...
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