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How a Disulfide Bond Controls Insulin-Like Peptide 3 Receptor Binding and Activation

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The takeaway

The intra-A-chain disulfide bond of INSL3 was essential for RXFP2 receptor binding and activation, revealing structural requirements for this reproductive peptide's function in fertility and testicular descent.

Key finding

The intra-A-chain disulfide bond of INSL3 was essential for RXFP2 receptor binding and activation, revealing structural requirements for this reproduc

What the researchers found

The intra-A-chain disulfide bond of INSL3 was essential for RXFP2 receptor binding and activation, revealing structural requirements for this reproductive peptide's function in fertility and testicular descent.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2010.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
How a Disulfide Bond Controls Insulin-Like Peptide 3 Receptor Binding and Activation
What was found?
The intra-A-chain disulfide bond of INSL3 was essential for RXFP2 receptor binding and activation, revealing structural requirements for this reproductive peptide's function in fertility and testicular descent.

Read the original research

Role of the intra-A-chain disulfide bond of insulin-like peptide 3 in binding and activation of its receptor, RXFP2.

Peptides, 31(9), 1730-6

Citation

Zhang, Suode; Hughes, Richard A; Bathgate, Ross A D; Shabanpoor, Fazel; Hossain, M Akhter; Lin, Feng; van Lierop, Bianca; Robinson, Andrea J; Wade, John D. (2010). Role of the intra-A-chain disulfide bond of insulin-like peptide 3 in binding and activation of its receptor, RXFP2.. Peptides, 31(9), 1730-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2010.05.021