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 Type 2 diabetes is quite different from type 1 diabetes in that insulin is present in the body. The cells insulin receptors become resistant to insulin which means that glucose no longer is taken up and blood sugar levels remain high. This causes beta cells in the pancreas to work harder to produce more and more insulin until they become exhausted to the point that very little insulin is being produced.
 == Structural highlights ==
-Insulin is composed of two polypeptide chains, an A chain and a B chain. The A chain is composed of 21 amino acids while the B chain is 30 amino acids long. They are joined together by <scene name='77/777703/Disulfide_bridges_of_insulin/2'>disulfide bridges</scene>. Both chains contain <scene name='77/777703/Alpha_helices_of_insulin/1'>alpha helices</scene> but no beta pleated sheets. Binding of insulin to its insulin receptor is limited to the B chain.
+Insulin is composed of two polypeptide chains, an A chain and a B chain. The A chain is composed of 21 amino acids while the B chain is 30 amino acids long. They are joined together by <scene name='77/777703/Disulfide_bridges_of_insulin/2'>disulfide bridges</scene>. Both chains contain <scene name='77/777703/Alpha_helices_of_insulin/1'>alpha helices</scene> but no beta pleated sheets. Binding of insulin to its insulin receptor is limited to the B chain. The <scene name='77/777703/Hydrophobic_regions_of_insulin/1'>hydrophobic regions of insulin</scene>cause the folding of the A and B chains into the protein structure as shown.
-<scene name='77/777703/Alpha_helices_of_insulin/1'>alpha helices</scene>
-<scene name='77/777703/Hydrophobic_regions_of_insulin/1'>hydrophobic regions of insulin</scene>

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This Sandbox is Reserved from January through July 31, 2018 for use in the course HLSC322: Principles of Genetics and Genomics taught by Genevieve Houston-Ludlam at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. This reservation includes Sandbox Reserved 1311 through Sandbox Reserved 1430.

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1 Function
2 Disease
3 Structural highlights
4 References

Function

Insulin is a protein hormone that aids in carbohydrate metabolism as well as storage. Insulin is manufactured in the beta cells of the pancreas. When glucose is in high enough concentration in the blood, the pancreas releases insulin which signals muscle, fat and liver cells to absorb. Normally the liver releases glucose but when insulin is present in the blood this process stops.

Disease

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that kills of beta cells in the pancreas so that insulin is never produced. Without insulin treatment, which is done by injection or with an insulin pump, blood glucose levels will get dangerously high and cells won’t have any energy to fuel themselves.

Type 2 diabetes is quite different from type 1 diabetes in that insulin is present in the body. The cells insulin receptors become resistant to insulin which means that glucose no longer is taken up and blood sugar levels remain high. This causes beta cells in the pancreas to work harder to produce more and more insulin until they become exhausted to the point that very little insulin is being produced.

Structural highlights

Insulin is composed of two polypeptide chains, an A chain and a B chain. The A chain is composed of 21 amino acids while the B chain is 30 amino acids long. They are joined together by . Both chains contain but no beta pleated sheets. Binding of insulin to its insulin receptor is limited to the B chain. The cause the folding of the A and B chains into the protein structure as shown.