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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Insulinotropin (glucagon-like peptide I) is a peptide containing 31 amino acid residues. It stimulates the secretion of the hormone insulin. The solubility of this peptide is highly dependent on its environment and the treatment that it has undergone. For instance, synthetic insulinotropin is highly soluble in neutral phosphate-buffered saline (1 mg/mL). However, the application of shear force by stirring renders it extremely insoluble (1 micrograms/mL). This property may be explained in terms of a change in peptide secondary structure with no alteration in primary structure. In order to understand this phenomenon, FT-IR and near-IR FT-Raman were employed to examine four samples prepared under different experimental conditions. It was found that solubility decreases as the alpha-helix is converted to an antiparallel beta-sheet structure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3549
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1175-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Chemistry, Physical, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Circular Dichroism, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Glucagon, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Glucagon-Like Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Humidity, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Phenols, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Physicochemical Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Solubility, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, pubmed-meshheading:7983604-Spectrum Analysis, Raman
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
FT-IR and near-infrared FT-Raman studies of the secondary structure of insulinotropin in the solid state: alpha-helix to beta-sheet conversion induced by phenol and/or by high shear force.
pubmed:affiliation
Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Central Research Division, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT 06340.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article