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SUBMITTER: Kim JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3290648 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Ju Youn JY Kandror Konstantin V KV
Molecular biology of the cell 20120119 5
Glucose transporter isoform 4 (GLUT4), is the sole glucose transporter responsible for the effect of insulin on postprandial blood glucose clearance. However, the nature of the insulin sensitivity of GLUT4 remains unknown. In this study, we replaced the first luminal loop of cellugyrin, a 4-transmembrane protein that does not respond to insulin, with that of GLUT4. The chimera protein is targeted to the intracellular insulin-responsive vesicles and is translocated to the plasma membrane upon ins ...[more]