Renaturation of human proinsulin--a study on refolding and conversion to insulin |
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Authors: | Winter Jeannette Lilie Hauke Rudolph Rainer |
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Institution: | Martin-Luther-Universit?t Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Biotechnologie, Kurt-Mothes-Strasse 3, 06120, Halle, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The production of human proinsulin in Escherichia coli usually leads to the formation of inclusion bodies. As a consequence, the recombinant protein must be isolated, refolded under suitable redox conditions, and enzymatically converted to the biologically active insulin. In this study we describe a detailed in vitro renaturation protocol for human proinsulin that includes native structure formation and the enzymatic conversion to mature insulin. We used a His(8)-Arg-proinsulin that was renatured from the completely reduced and denatured state in the presence of a cysteine/cystine redox couple. The refolding process was completed after 10-30 min and was shown to be strongly dependent on the redox potential and the pH value, but not on the temperature. Refolding yields of 60-70% could be obtained even at high concentrations of denaturant (3M guanidinium-HCl or 4M urea) and protein concentrations of 0.5mg/ml. By stepwise renaturation a concentration of about 6 mg/ml of native proinsulin was achieved. The refolded proinsulin was correctly disulfide-bonded and native and monomeric as shown by RP-HPLC, ELISA, circular dichroism, and analytical gel filtration. Treatment of the renatured proinsulin with trypsin and carboxypeptidase B yielded mature insulin. |
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Keywords: | Proinsulin Disulfide-bond formation Proteolysis Pulse renaturation Oxidative folding |
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