Insulins from different species are natural analogues formed in the course of evolution. Comparative studies are important both on the relationship between their structure and function and on their molecular evolution...Insulins from different species are natural analogues formed in the course of evolution. Comparative studies are important both on the relationship between their structure and function and on their molecular evolution. Chicken insulin and snake insulin were studied in this laboratory and reported previously. This paper is concerned with the goose insulin. Its crystalline shape is dodecahedral, similar to that of snake insulin. Its primary structure is identical to that of duck insulin.展开更多
文摘Insulins from different species are natural analogues formed in the course of evolution. Comparative studies are important both on the relationship between their structure and function and on their molecular evolution. Chicken insulin and snake insulin were studied in this laboratory and reported previously. This paper is concerned with the goose insulin. Its crystalline shape is dodecahedral, similar to that of snake insulin. Its primary structure is identical to that of duck insulin.
