Characterization of a second ligand binding site of the insulin receptor
- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4906 (United States)
- Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4906 (United States) and Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4906 (United States)
Insulin binding to its receptor is characterized by high affinity, curvilinear Scatchard plots, and negative cooperativity. These properties may be the consequence of binding of insulin to two receptor binding sites. The N-terminal L1 domain and the C-terminus of the {alpha} subunit contain one binding site. To locate a second site, we examined the binding properties of chimeric receptors in which the L1 and L2 domains and the first Fibronectin Type III repeat of the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor were replaced by corresponding regions of the insulin receptor. Substitutions of the L2 domain and the first Fibronectin Type III repeat together with the L1 domain produced 80- and 300-fold increases in affinity for insulin. Fusion of these domains to human immunoglobulin Fc fragment produced a protein which bound insulin with a K {sub d} of 2.9 nM. These data strongly suggest that these domains contain an insulin binding site.
- OSTI ID:
- 20854421
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 347, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.089; PII: S0006-291X(06)01402-1; Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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