Purification and structural characterization of insulin and glucagon from the bichir Polypterus senegalis (Actinopterygii: Polypteriformes)

General and Comparative Endocrinology
J M ConlonB Fritzsch

Abstract

The Polypteriformes (bichirs and reedfish) are a family of ray-finned fishes of ancient lineage. Insulin has been isolated from an extract of the pancreas and upper gastrointestinal tract of the bichir Polypterus senegalis and its primary structure established as A-chain: Gly-Ile-Val-Glu-Gln-Cys-Cys-Asp-Thr-Pro10-Cys-Ser- Leu-Tyr-Asp-Leu-Glu-Asn-Tyr-Cys20-Asn: B-chain: Ala-Ala-Asn-Arg-His-Leu-Cys-Gly-Ser-His10-Leu-Val- Glu-Ala-Leu-Tyr-Leu-Val-Cys-Gly20-Asn-Arg-Gly-Phe- Phe-Tyr-Ile-Pro-Ser-Lys30-Met. Despite the fact that Polypterus insulin contains several unusual structural features that are not found in insulins from other jawed fish (Asp at A-8, Thr at A-9, Arg at B-4, Asn at B-21, Ile at B-27, Met at B-31), all the residues in human insulin that are involved in receptor binding, dimerization, and hexamerization have been conserved. A comparison of the structures of insulins from a range of species indicates that Polypterus insulin most closely resembles paddlefish insulin II (seven amino acid substitutions). In contrast, Polypterus glucagon (His-Ser- Gln-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr-Asn-Asp-Tyr10-Thr-Lys-Tyr- Gln-Asp-Ser-Arg-Arg-Ala-Gln20-Asp-Phe-Val-Gln- Trp-Leu-Met-Ser-Asn) most closely resembles the glucagons from the gar Lepisosteus...Continue Reading

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