title: Studies on the crystal structure of (D-Ala)-B0 porcine insulin at 1.9 A resolution.
abstract: The crystal structure of (D-Ala)-B0 porcine insulin has been determined, using data to 1.9 A and atomic parameters of 2 Zn porcine insulin as a starting model, and through the use of the difference method and the restrained least square method, to a final R-factor of 0.211 and r.m.s. deviation of 0.057 A for the bond lengths. The electron densities of B0 residues were very clear. Introduction of B0 residues into the molecules had reduced the thermal vibration of the N-terminus of B-chain for both molecules I and II and made the molecules pack closer in the crystal. The obvious differences between the crystal structures of 2 Zn and (D-Ala)-B0 porcine insulin were the conformations of partial polar groups around the possible receptor binding surface and the assembly mode of two helixes of A-chain in molecule I. In the local environment of the N-terminus of B-chain there were great differences between the crystal structures of (D-Ala)-B0 porcine insulin, (Trp)-B1 porcine insulin and Des B1(Phe) bovine insulin. In this paper the structure-immunoactivity relationships of insulin molecule have also been discussed briefly.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D003460:Crystallization; D007328:Insulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; C054929:insulin, Phe(B1)-; C058368:insulin, Ala(B0)-