Supramolecular protein engineering: design of zinc-stapled insulin hexamers as a long acting depot.
Phillips, N.B., Wan, Z.L., Whittaker, L., Hu, S.Q., Huang, K., Hua, Q.X., Whittaker, J., Ismail-Beigi, F., Weiss, M.A.(2010) J Biol Chem 285: 11755-11759
- PubMed: 20181952 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.C110.105825
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3KQ6 - PubMed Abstract: 
Bottom-up control of supramolecular protein assembly can provide a therapeutic nanobiotechnology. We demonstrate that the pharmacological properties of insulin can be enhanced by design of "zinc staples" between hexamers. Paired (i, i+4) His substitution ...