[PDF][PDF] Higher-resolution structure of the human insulin receptor ectodomain: multi-modal inclusion of the insert domain

TI Croll, BJ Smith, MB Margetts, J Whittaker, MA Weiss… - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
TI Croll, BJ Smith, MB Margetts, J Whittaker, MA Weiss, CW Ward, MC Lawrence
Structure, 2016cell.com
Insulin receptor (IR) signaling is critical to controlling nutrient uptake and metabolism.
However, only a low-resolution (3.8 Å) structure currently exists for the IR ectodomain, with
some segments ill-defined or unmodeled due to disorder. Here, we revise this structure
using new diffraction data to 3.3 Å resolution that allow improved modeling of the N-linked
glycans, the first and third fibronectin type III domains, and the insert domain. A novel haptic
interactive molecular dynamics strategy was used to aid fitting to low-resolution electron …
Summary
Insulin receptor (IR) signaling is critical to controlling nutrient uptake and metabolism. However, only a low-resolution (3.8 Å) structure currently exists for the IR ectodomain, with some segments ill-defined or unmodeled due to disorder. Here, we revise this structure using new diffraction data to 3.3 Å resolution that allow improved modeling of the N-linked glycans, the first and third fibronectin type III domains, and the insert domain. A novel haptic interactive molecular dynamics strategy was used to aid fitting to low-resolution electron density maps. The resulting model provides a foundation for investigation of structural transitions in IR upon ligand binding.
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