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PROTEIN SCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 768-775Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0237203
Keywords
insulin; folding; disulfide; kinetics; thermodynamics
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Insulin folds into a unique three-dimensional structure stabilized by three disulfide bonds. Our previous work suggested that during in vitro refolding of a recombinant single-chain insulin (PIP) there exists a critical folding intermediate containing the single disulfide A20-B19. However, the intermediate cannot be trapped during refolding because once this disulfide is formed, the remaining folding process is very quick. To circumvent this difficulty, a model peptide ([A20-B 19]PIP) containing the single disulfide A20-B 19 was prepared by protein engineering. The model peptide can be secreted from transformed yeast cells, but its secretion yield decreases 2-3 magnitudes compared with that of the wild-type PIP. The physicochemical property analysis suggested that the model peptide adopts a partially folded conformation. In vitro, the fully reduced model peptide can quickly and efficiently form the disulfide A20-B 19, which suggested that formation of the disulfide A20-B19 is kinetically preferred. In redox buffer, the model peptide is reduced gradually as the reduction potential is increased, while the disulfides of the wild-type PIP are reduced in a cooperative manner. By analysis of the model peptide, it is possible to deduce the properties of the critical folding intermediate with the single disulfide A20-B19.
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