3ins

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Contents 1 STRUCTURE OF INSULIN. RESULTS OF JOINT NEUTRON AND X-RAY REFINEMENT 2 Function 3 About this Structure 4 See Also 5 Reference

STRUCTURE OF INSULIN. RESULTS OF JOINT NEUTRON AND X-RAY REFINEMENT

Template:ABSTRACT PUBMED 2695122

Function

[INS_PIG] Insulin decreases blood glucose concentration. It increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids and fatty acids. It accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle, and glycogen synthesis in liver.

About this Structure

3ins is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Sus scrofa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

See Also

• Molecular Playground/Insulin

Reference

• Wlodawer A, Savage H, Dodson G. Structure of insulin: results of joint neutron and X-ray refinement. Acta Crystallogr B. 1989 Feb 1;45 ( Pt 1):99-107. PMID:2695122