Bao S J, Xie D L, Zhang J P, Chang W R, Liang D C
National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Apr 1;94(7):2975-80. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.7.2975.
The crystal structure of desheptapeptide (B24-B30) insulin (DHPI), a virtually inactive analog of insulin, was determined at 1.6 A resolution. In the refined structure model, DHPI retains three alpha-helices (A1-A8, A12-A18, and B9-B19) as its structural framework, while great conformational changes occur in the N and C termini of B-chain. The beta-turn, which lies in B20-B30 in insulin and insulin analogs with high potency, no longer exists in DHPI. Relative motion is observed among the three alpha-helices, each as a rigid functional group. In contrast, a region covering B5-B6 and A6-A11 exhibits a relatively stable conformation. We interpret our results as identifying: (i) the importance of beta-turn in determining the receptor-binding potency of insulin and (ii) a leading role of PheB24 in maintaining the beta-turn structure.
去七肽(B24 - B30)胰岛素(DHPI)是一种几乎没有活性的胰岛素类似物,其晶体结构在1.6埃分辨率下得以确定。在优化后的结构模型中,DHPI保留了三个α - 螺旋(A1 - A8、A12 - A18和B9 - B19)作为其结构框架,而B链的N端和C端则发生了巨大的构象变化。在胰岛素及高效胰岛素类似物中位于B20 - B30的β - 转角在DHPI中不再存在。三个α - 螺旋各自作为一个刚性功能基团之间存在相对运动。相比之下,覆盖B5 - B6和A6 - A11的区域呈现出相对稳定的构象。我们将研究结果解读为:(i)β - 转角在决定胰岛素受体结合效力方面的重要性;(ii)苯丙氨酸B24在维持β - 转角结构中起主导作用。