YANG Cheng, LU Diannan, ZHANG Minlian, et al. Molecular dynamics simulation of impact of disulfide bridge on conformational stability of insulin[J]. CIESC Journal, 2010, (4): 929-934.
YANG Cheng, LU Diannan, ZHANG Minlian, et al. Molecular dynamics simulation of impact of disulfide bridge on conformational stability of insulin[J]. CIESC Journal, 2010, (4): 929-934.DOI:
Molecular dynamics simulation of the impact of disulfide bond on the conformational stability of native and reduced insulin was conducted at all-atom level.It was shown that disulfide bond restricted the relative motion of chain A and chain B in native insulin and thus strengthened the conformational stability for both the domain and active site.For reduced insulin without the native disulfide bonds,the conformation of the activate site altered while chain A and chain B dissociated.Moreover,the simulation suggested that the central helix in chain B would be unstable after disengaging the disulfide bonds,i.e.,the deactivation was irreversible.The above described simulation reproduced the experimental observations reported in the literatures,and established a molecular insight into the impact of disulfide bonds on the conformational stability of insulin,and would be of fundamental importance to the processing,formulating and pharmaceutical application of insulin.