Biotechnology Letters, Vol.27, No.17, 1259-1265, 2005
Inhibition of platelet aggregation of a mutant proinsulin chimera engineered by introduction of a native Lys-Gly-Asp-containing sequence
An eight amino acid sequence, CAKGDWNC, from disintegrin barbourin, was introduced into an inactive human proinsulin molecule between the B28 and A2 sites to construct a chimeric, anti-thrombosis recombinant protein. The constructed Lys-Gly-Asp (KGD)-proinsulin gene was expressed in Escherichia coli and then purified. The KGD-proinsulin chimera protein inhibits human platelet aggregation, induced by ADP, with an IC50 value (molar concentration causing 50% inhibition of platelet aggregation) of 830 nM and demonstrates also specific affinity to glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor. Its insulin receptor binding activity remaines as low as 0.04% with native insulin as a control.
Keywords:glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor;inhibition of platelet aggregation;KGD (Lys-Gly-Asp) motif;proinsulin mutant