Process for producing an insulin precursor in streptomyces

摘要

A gene for a truncated proinsulin in which the insulin B chain is linked to the A chain only via Lys or Lys-Lys is coupled to the tendamistat gene, this gene construct is inserted into an expression vector, and the latter is used to transform a Streptomycetes host cell, with the result that the corresponding fusion protein is expressed and secreted. The fusion protein can easily be cleaved to give insulin precursors.