Expression, purification and characterization of recombinant human proinsulin

Darrin J. Cowley; Robert B. Mackin

doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(96)01511-6

Expression, purification and characterization of recombinant human proinsulin

Darrin J. Cowley, Robert B. Mackin

Department of Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

We have recently developed a method to produce native human proinsulin using a bacterial expression system. A proinsulin fusion protein was recovered from inclusion bodies and cleaved using cyanogen bromide. The released proinsulin polypeptide was S-sulfonated and purified by anion exchange chromatography. Following refolding, proinsulin was purified by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Combined peptide mapping and mass spectrometric analysis indicated that the proinsulin contained the correct disulfide bridging pattern. This proinsulin will be used to study the specificity of the furin/PC family of converting enzymes by using it as a substrate in a recently developed assay.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	124-130
Number of pages	7
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	402
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0014-5793(96)01511-6
State	Published - Jan 27 1997

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Biophysics
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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