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L A Savoy1, R M Jones, S Pochon, J G Davies, A V Muir, R E Offord, K Rose.
Abstract
We describe the isolation by reversed-phase h.p.l.c. of a number of products of the degradation of insulin by insulin proteinase and their direct analysis by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (f.a.b.-m.s.). Various semisynthetically labelled insulins were used, including [[2H2]GlyA1]insulin and [18O]LysB29]insulin. The results obtained confirm and extend the results obtained by non-mass-spectrometric methods [Davies, Muir, Rose & Offord (1988) Biochem. J. 249, 209-214, and papers cited therein]. Cleavage sites were identified between positions A13-A14, A14-A15, B9-B10, B13-B14, B24-B25 and B25-B26. The advantages and disadvantages of the application of f.a.b.-m.s. to such studies are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3277618 PMCID: PMC1148687 DOI: 10.1042/bj2490215
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857