Abstract:
:Insulin, the major secreted product of the beta-cells of the islets of Langerhans, is initially synthesized as a precursor (preproinsulin), from which the mature hormone is excised by a series of proteolytic cleavages. This review provides a personal narrative of some of the key research projects leading to the identification of the central processing enzymes as proprotein convertase 1, proprotein convertase 2, and carboxypeptidase E. It also discusses the central roles of the intragranular environment and chaperone-like proteins in modulating processing activity.
journal_name
Cell Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Cell biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Davidson HWdoi
10.1385/cbb:40:3:143subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-01-01 00:00:00pages
143-58issue
3 Suppleissn
1085-9195issn
1559-0283pii
CBB:40:3S:143journal_volume
40pub_type
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