Identification of the allosteric regulatory site of insulysin.
Noinaj, N., Bhasin, S.K., Song, E.S., Scoggin, K.E., Juliano, M.A., Juliano, L., Hersh, L.B., Rodgers, D.W.(2011) PLoS One 6: e20864-e20864
- PubMed: 21731629 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020864
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3P7L, 3P7O - PubMed Abstract: 
Insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) is responsible for the metabolism of insulin and plays a role in clearance of the Aβ peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease. Unlike most proteolytic enzymes, IDE, which consists of four structurally related domains and exists primarily as a dimer, exhibits allosteric kinetics, being activated by both small substrate peptides and polyphosphates such as ATP.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America.