Desheptapeptide (B24—B30)-insulin (DHPI), an essentially inactive insulin analog, is crystallized in space group P2_12_12_1 with two molecules in an asymmetric unit. The orientations of the molecules in the crystal c...Desheptapeptide (B24—B30)-insulin (DHPI), an essentially inactive insulin analog, is crystallized in space group P2_12_12_1 with two molecules in an asymmetric unit. The orientations of the molecules in the crystal cell have been determined by using Patterson search method at 6 resolution and the positions of the molecules are deduced from translation function calculation and R search at 3. resolution. After using the rigid body refinement (CORELS) further to refine the orientational and positional parameters as well as the initial energy restrained refinement (EREF) for the model, the crystallographic R valueis reduced to 0.384 at 3 resolution. The initial Fourier map shows that the B-chain N-terminal (B1—B8) and C-terminal (B20—B22)segments, compared with the native 2 zinc insulin, exhibit drastic conformational changes, but the three helices of B- and A-chains and their relative arrangement are essentially kept in DHPI.展开更多
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文摘Desheptapeptide (B24—B30)-insulin (DHPI), an essentially inactive insulin analog, is crystallized in space group P2_12_12_1 with two molecules in an asymmetric unit. The orientations of the molecules in the crystal cell have been determined by using Patterson search method at 6 resolution and the positions of the molecules are deduced from translation function calculation and R search at 3. resolution. After using the rigid body refinement (CORELS) further to refine the orientational and positional parameters as well as the initial energy restrained refinement (EREF) for the model, the crystallographic R valueis reduced to 0.384 at 3 resolution. The initial Fourier map shows that the B-chain N-terminal (B1—B8) and C-terminal (B20—B22)segments, compared with the native 2 zinc insulin, exhibit drastic conformational changes, but the three helices of B- and A-chains and their relative arrangement are essentially kept in DHPI.