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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
| - | [[Image:Gip.png|300px|right|thumb|Figure 1: | + | [[Image:Gip.png|300px|right|thumb|Figure 1: Main Structure of the Glucose Depending Insulinotropic Receptor (GIP-R).]] |
[https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/gastric-inhibitory-polypeptide GIP-R is a receptor that binds glucose within many different cells.] | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/gastric-inhibitory-polypeptide GIP-R is a receptor that binds glucose within many different cells.] | ||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
The GIP receptor helps facilitate movement of glucose within a cell. <ref name='Sun'>PMID:35333651</ref>. | The GIP receptor helps facilitate movement of glucose within a cell. <ref name='Sun'>PMID:35333651</ref>. | ||
| + | ===Tirzepatide=== | ||
| + | Tirzepatide has been used as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes. | ||
== Disease == | == Disease == | ||
Diabetes is very bad for you<ref name='Ransey'>PMID:28504306</ref>. | Diabetes is very bad for you<ref name='Ransey'>PMID:28504306</ref>. | ||
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== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
| - | <scene name='10/1037492/Gip_tirz/ | + | <scene name='10/1037492/Gip_tirz/2'>Main scene of Tirzepatide bound to the GIP receptor. </scene> |
=== Active Site === | === Active Site === | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 26 March 2024
Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Receptor/GIPR bound with Tirzepatide
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