Process for the preparation of Insulin Precursors and process for the preparation of human insulin.

摘要

Novel human insulin precursors of the formula B-X-Y-A, wherein X and Y are each lysine or arginine, are prepared by culturing a yeast host transformed with a replicable expression vehicle capable of expressing a DNA-sequence encoding the human insulin precursors in yeast. Human insulin is prepared by recovery of the insulin precursors from the culture medium and converting the insulin precursors into human insulin by enzymatic treatment.