Insulin analogs with B24 or B25 phenylalanine replaced by biphenylalanine |
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Authors: | Du Haijuan Shi Jiahao Cui Dafu Zhang Youshang |
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Institution: | Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China;School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China |
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Abstract: | B24 and B25 phenylalanines (Phe) play important roles in insulin structure and function. Insulin analogs with B24 Phe or B25 Phe replaced by biphenylalanine (Bip) were prepared by enzymatic semisynthesis. The biological activities were determined by receptor binding assay and in vivo mouse convulsion assay. The results showed that B25 Bip insulin has 139% receptor binding activity and 50% in vivo biological activity, whereas B24 Bip insulin is inactive, when compared with native insulin, suggesting that B24 Phe is crucial for insulin activity. The structures in solution were studied by circular dichroism and fluoremetry, and our results suggested that the insulin analogs with low activities tend to be more tightly packed. The association properties were studied by size exclusion chromatography. The Bip-amide replacement of B24 Phe in deshexapeptide insulin or B25 Phe in despentapeptide insulin will cause the monomeric B24 Phe-amide deshexapeptide insulin or B25 Phe-amide despentapeptide insulin to associate and form dimers, whereas the mutations of B24 Phe in insulin will make insulin dimers dissociate into insulin monomers. |
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Keywords: | insulin biphenylalanine circular dichroism fluoremetry self-association |
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