Crystal structure of the tyrosine kinase domain of the human insulin receptor

SR Hubbard, L Wei, WA Hendrickson - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
SR Hubbard, L Wei, WA Hendrickson
Nature, 1994nature.com
The X-ray crystal structure of the tyrosine kinase domain of the human insulin receptor has
been determined by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing and refined to 2.1 Å
resolution. The structure reveals the determinants of substrate preference for tyrosine rather
than serine or threonine and a novel autoinhibition mechanism whereby one of the tyrosines
that is autophosphorylated in response to insulin, Tyr 1,162, is bound in the active site.
Abstract
The X-ray crystal structure of the tyrosine kinase domain of the human insulin receptor has been determined by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing and refined to 2.1 Å resolution. The structure reveals the determinants of substrate preference for tyrosine rather than serine or threonine and a novel autoinhibition mechanism whereby one of the tyrosines that is autophosphorylated in response to insulin, Tyr 1,162, is bound in the active site.
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