Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease which is the outcome of insulin dysfunction or insufficiency . Recently, an international collaborative project conducted at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has discovered the first definitive insulin 3-D structure which is going to be very valuable for the effective treatment of diabetes. Till date what’s known about insulin is that it undergoes a physical change that signals its successful connection to its receptor on the cell surface. But, detailed changes in the receptor had never been seen that confirms successful transmission of message to the cell to take up sugar from the blood.
This 3-D image gives out the exact way of insulin interacting with its receptors successfully. Further, it tells how it binds to the surface of cells, for successful transmission of vital instructions that’s required for taking up sugar from the blood. Exact…
