PROCESSES FOR MAKING ACYLATED INSULIN

摘要

A method is provided which allows high yields of acylated insulin. The method comprises expressing a singe-chain insulin precursor, preferably in yeast, cleaving the single-chain insulin precursor with a suitable protease which will open the peptide bond between the C-terminal amino group in the B-chain and a connecting peptide connecting the B chain with the A-chain, acylating the two-chain insulin intermediate in the e-amino group in LysB29 and subjecting the acylated two-chain insulin intermediate to a proteolytic enzyme which will cleave of the N-terminal extension on the B- and A-chains on the precursor molecule.