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== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
An insulin receptor is a dimer of heterodimers. The dimers are noncovalent, but the insulin receptors are covalently maintained as functional dimers by disulfide bonds. An insulin receptor is comprised of 2 α-chains, and 2 β-chains. The α-chain and an estimated 190 residues of the β-chain are located on the extracellular side of the plasma membrane. The rest of the beta-chain consists of a single transmembrane helix, the juxtamembrane domain, and the intracellular tyrosine kinase domain. | |||
The extracellular domain has a quaternary organization. | |||
When insulin binds to the insulin receptor, transmembrane signaling and autophosphorylation of the β-chains at multiple sites is triggered. | |||
This is a sample scene created with SAT to <scene name="/12/3456/Sample/1">color</scene> by Group, and another to make <scene name="/12/3456/Sample/2">a transparent representation</scene> of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes. | This is a sample scene created with SAT to <scene name="/12/3456/Sample/1">color</scene> by Group, and another to make <scene name="/12/3456/Sample/2">a transparent representation</scene> of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes. | ||
