The insulin signalling system and the IRS proteins (original) (raw)

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During the past few years, the insulin signalling system has emerged as a flexible network of interacting proteins. By utilizing the insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-proteins (IRS-1 and IRS-2), the insulin signal can be amplified or attenuated independently of insulin binding and tyrosine kinase activity, providing an extensible mechanism for signal transmission in multiple cellular backgrounds. By employing IRS-proteins to engage various signalling proteins, the insulin receptor avoids the stoichiometric constraints encountered by receptors which directly recruit SH2-proteins to their autophosphorylation sites. Finally, the shared use of IRS-proteins by multiple receptors is likely to reveal important connections between insulin and other hormones and cytokines which were previously unrecognized, or observed but unexplained. [Diabetologia (1997) 40: S 2–S 17]

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  1. Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, , , , , , US
    M. F. White

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White, M. The insulin signalling system and the IRS proteins.Diabetologia 40 (Suppl 2), S2–S17 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001250051387

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