Design of an active ultrastable single-chain insulin analog: synthesis, structure, and therapeutic implications.
Hua, Q.X., Nakagawa, S.H., Jia, W., Huang, K., Phillips, N.B., Hu, S.Q., Weiss, M.A.(2008) J Biol Chem 283: 14703-14716
- PubMed: 18332129 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M800313200
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3BXQ, 2JZQ - PubMed Abstract: 
Single-chain insulin (SCI) analogs provide insight into the inter-relation of hormone structure, function, and dynamics. Although compatible with wild-type structure, short connecting segments (<3 residues) prevent induced fit upon receptor binding a ...