Abstract
Human type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-1R) signals chiefly in response to the binding of insulin-like growth factor I. Relatively little is known about the role of insulin-like growth factor II signaling via IGF-1R, despite the affinity of insulin-like growth factor II for IGF-1R being within an order of magnitude of that of insulin-like growth factor I. Here, we describe the cryoelectron microscopy structure of insulin-like growth factor II bound to a leucine-zipper-stabilized IGF-1R ectodomain, determined in two conformations to a maximum average resolution of 3.2 Å. The two conformations differ in the relative separation of their respective points of membrane entry, and comparison with the structure of insulin-like growth factor I bound to IGF-1R reveals long-suspected differences in the way in which the critical C domain of the respective growth factors interact with IGF-1R.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 786-798.e6 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | STRUCTURE |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Keywords
- cryoelectron microscopy
- insulin-like growth factor I
- insulin-like growth factor II
- leucine zipper
- single-particle 3D reconstruction
- type 1 insulin-like growth factor receptor