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		<title>Ann Taylor at 15:38, 2 December 2024</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l7&quot;&gt;Line 7:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&amp;#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&amp;#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A number of insulin variants have been made to favor either the monomeric or hexameric form.  Deletion of the &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Hexamer_bchaincterminus/2&#039;&amp;gt;five C terminal residues of the B chain&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; creates a monomer only form.  This portion of the B chain is involved in &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Dimer_bchainctermhbond/1&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bonds&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; between the B chain of one monomer and the A (marked C) and B (marked D) chain of another monomer; without this region, the hexamers do not form.  Lispro is another fast acting insulin; it has the lysine and proline at the end of the B subunit swapped.  This allows the lysine to make a &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Lispro_h_bonds/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/del&gt;&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bond&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; with tyrosine 26 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and his 5 of the same chain&lt;/del&gt;, which also favors formation of the active monomer state.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A number of insulin variants have been made to favor either the monomeric or hexameric form.  Deletion of the &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Hexamer_bchaincterminus/2&#039;&amp;gt;five C terminal residues of the B chain&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; creates a monomer only form.  This portion of the B chain is involved in &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Dimer_bchainctermhbond/1&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bonds&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; between the B chain of one monomer and the A (marked C) and B (marked D) chain of another monomer; without this region, the hexamers do not form.  Lispro is another fast acting insulin; it has the lysine and proline at the end of the B subunit swapped.  This allows the lysine to make a &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Lispro_h_bonds/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bond&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; with tyrosine 26, which also favors formation of the active monomer state.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 15:26, 2 December 2024</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;StructureSection load=&amp;#039;&amp;#039; size=&amp;#039;500&amp;#039; side=&amp;#039;right&amp;#039; scene=&amp;#039;34/347648/Two_chains/1&amp;#039; caption=&amp;#039;Human insulin chain A (grey) and chain B (green), [[2hiu]]&amp;#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;StructureSection load=&amp;#039;&amp;#039; size=&amp;#039;500&amp;#039; side=&amp;#039;right&amp;#039; scene=&amp;#039;34/347648/Two_chains/1&amp;#039; caption=&amp;#039;Human insulin chain A (grey) and chain B (green), [[2hiu]]&amp;#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Insulin&#039;&#039;&#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet beta cells in response to elevated blood &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;glucoselevels&lt;/del&gt;. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &quot;fed&quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &quot;spillover&quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Insulin&#039;&#039;&#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet beta cells in response to elevated blood &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;glucose levels&lt;/ins&gt;. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &quot;fed&quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &quot;spillover&quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&amp;#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&amp;#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&amp;#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&amp;#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&amp;#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A number of insulin variants have been made to favor either the monomeric or hexameric form.  Deletion of the &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Hexamer_bchaincterminus/2&#039;&amp;gt;five C terminal residues of the B chain&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; creates a monomer only form.  This portion of the B chain is involved in &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Dimer_bchainctermhbond/1&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bonds&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; between the B chain of one monomer and the A (marked C) and B (marked D) chain of another monomer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;A number of insulin variants have been made to favor either the monomeric or hexameric form.  Deletion of the &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Hexamer_bchaincterminus/2&#039;&amp;gt;five C terminal residues of the B chain&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; creates a monomer only form.  This portion of the B chain is involved in &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Dimer_bchainctermhbond/1&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bonds&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; between the B chain of one monomer and the A (marked C) and B (marked D) chain of another monomer&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;; without this region, the hexamers do not form.  Lispro is another fast acting insulin; it has the lysine and proline at the end of the B subunit swapped.  This allows the lysine to make a &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Lispro_h_bonds/1&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bond&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; with tyrosine 26 and his 5 of the same chain, which also favors formation of the active monomer state&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 20:19, 31 January 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-31T20:19:03Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Insulin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet beta cells in response to elevated blood glucoselevels. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &amp;quot;fed&amp;quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &amp;quot;spillover&amp;quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Insulin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet beta cells in response to elevated blood glucoselevels. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &amp;quot;fed&amp;quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &amp;quot;spillover&amp;quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 20:18, 31 January 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-01-31T20:18:12Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Insulin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet beta cells in response to elevated blood glucoselevels. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &amp;quot;fed&amp;quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &amp;quot;spillover&amp;quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Insulin&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet beta cells in response to elevated blood glucoselevels. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &amp;quot;fed&amp;quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &amp;quot;spillover&amp;quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 22:03, 15 June 2015</title>
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		<updated>2015-06-15T22:03:59Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.  &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; &lt;/del&gt;insulin is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;produced by switching &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;last two amino acids, which reduces &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;formation &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the hexameric insulin&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;A number of &lt;/ins&gt;insulin &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;variants have been made to favor either the monomeric or hexameric form.  Deletion of the &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Hexamer_bchaincterminus/2&#039;&amp;gt;five C terminal residues of the B chain&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; creates a monomer only form.  This portion of the B chain &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;involved in &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Dimer_bchainctermhbond/1&#039;&amp;gt;hydrogen bonds&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; between &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;B chain of one monomer and &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;A (marked C) and B (marked D) chain &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;another monomer&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 03:59, 26 March 2015</title>
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		<updated>2015-03-26T03:59:18Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l5&quot;&gt;Line 5:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.  Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&#039;&amp;gt;alpha helices&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&#039;&amp;gt;disulfide bridges&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.  Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;by switching the last two amino acids, which reduces the formation of the hexameric insulin.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 03:36, 26 March 2015</title>
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		<updated>2015-03-26T03:36:32Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain alpha helices but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved disulfide bridges which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.  Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Secondary_structures/1&#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;alpha helices&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Disulfide_bonds/1&#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;disulfide bridges&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;dimers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains (shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;hexamers&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7.  Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 02:59, 26 March 2015</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;StructureSection load=&amp;#039;&amp;#039; size=&amp;#039;500&amp;#039; side=&amp;#039;right&amp;#039; scene=&amp;#039;2hiu&amp;#039; caption=&amp;#039;Human insulin chain A (grey) and chain B (green), [[2hiu]]&amp;#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;StructureSection load=&amp;#039;&amp;#039; size=&amp;#039;500&amp;#039; side=&amp;#039;right&amp;#039; scene=&amp;#039;2hiu&amp;#039; caption=&amp;#039;Human insulin chain A (grey) and chain B (green), [[2hiu]]&amp;#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Insulin&#039;&#039;&#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet cells in response to elevated blood glucoselevels. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &quot;fed&quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &quot;spillover&quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Insulin&#039;&#039;&#039;  is made by the pancreatic islet &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;beta &lt;/ins&gt;cells in response to elevated blood glucoselevels. Insulin signals cells that the body is in the &quot;fed&quot; state, and that it should take up glucose from the blood and make other appropriate response.  For example, in the liver glycogen synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of glucose when the blood glucose levels fall under fasting conditions. Insulin also increases fat synthesis in adipocytes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting in high blood sugar levels and increased fat metabolism.  Consequently, there is &quot;spillover&quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due to the loss of body fat stores.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain alpha helices but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved disulfide bridges which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form dimers in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/del&gt;hexamers due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces.  Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain A&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 21 amino acids and &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;Chain B&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; has 30 amino acids.  Both chains contain alpha helices but no beta strands. There are 3 conserved disulfide bridges which help keep the two chains together.  Insulin can also form &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_dimer/2&#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;dimers&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(shown as white lines).  The dimers can further interact to form &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_hexamer/4&#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;hexamers&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;due to interaction between hydrophobic surfaces&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.  This &amp;lt;scene name=&#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel/sandbox1/Insulin_ph7/2&#039;&amp;gt;scene highlights&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; the hydrophobic (gray) and polar (purple) parts of an insulin monomer at a pH of 7&lt;/ins&gt;.  Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Additional Resources==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Additional Resources==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thanks to &#039;User:Whitney_Stoppel&#039; for the hexameric insulin scenes.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;For additional information, see: [[Diabetes &amp;amp; Hypoglycemia]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;For additional information, see: [[Diabetes &amp;amp; Hypoglycemia]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
	</entry>
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		<title>Ann Taylor at 02:51, 26 March 2015</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;StructureSection load=&amp;#039;&amp;#039; size=&amp;#039;500&amp;#039; side=&amp;#039;right&amp;#039; scene=&amp;#039;2hiu&amp;#039; caption=&amp;#039;Human insulin chain A (grey) and chain B (green), [[2hiu]]&amp;#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;StructureSection load=&amp;#039;&amp;#039; size=&amp;#039;500&amp;#039; side=&amp;#039;right&amp;#039; scene=&amp;#039;2hiu&amp;#039; caption=&amp;#039;Human insulin chain A (grey) and chain B (green), [[2hiu]]&amp;#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Function==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Insulin&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;is located in the pancreas. It &lt;/del&gt;is made by the pancreatic islet cells. Insulin &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;helps to  regulate &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;blood &lt;/del&gt;glucose &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;body&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It &lt;/del&gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;converts the glucose into glycogen&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;storing it into &lt;/del&gt;the liver&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. The &lt;/del&gt;glycogen &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;then converts the stored glycogen to &lt;/del&gt;glucose when the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;body is &lt;/del&gt;under fasting &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;condition to provide energy&lt;/del&gt;. Insulin also &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;helps to get rid of fatty acids&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It slows &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;breakdown of triglycerides which leads to the reduction of fatty acids &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/del&gt;blood. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;When insulin &lt;/del&gt;is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;not able &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;produce from your body it causes your &lt;/del&gt;body &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;to uses fatty acids for energy instead or carbohydrates&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Insulin&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;is made by the pancreatic islet cells &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in response to elevated blood glucoselevels&lt;/ins&gt;. Insulin &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;signals cells that the body is in &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;fed&quot; state, and that it should take up &lt;/ins&gt;glucose &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;from &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;blood and make other appropriate response&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;For example&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in &lt;/ins&gt;the liver glycogen &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;synthesis is turned on, which provides a supply of &lt;/ins&gt;glucose when the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;blood glucose levels fall &lt;/ins&gt;under fasting &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;conditions&lt;/ins&gt;. Insulin also &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;increases fat synthesis in adipocytes&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; In type 1 diabetes, &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pancreatic cells do not release insulin, resulting &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;high &lt;/ins&gt;blood &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sugar levels and increased fat metabolism&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Consequently, there &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;spillover&quot; of glucose into the urine, and weight loss due &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the loss of &lt;/ins&gt;body &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;fat stores&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Structure==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;is monomeric and is composed of two polypeptide chains. It &lt;/del&gt;is composed of two different types of peptide chains. Chain A has 21 amino acids and Chain B has 30 amino acids. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Insulin has a three dimensional structure consisting of 3 &lt;/del&gt;helices &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;3 conserved disulfide bridges. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The molecules in insulin sometimes &lt;/del&gt;form dimers in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Granules consisting &lt;/del&gt;hexamers &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;are also sometimes formed by insulin.  This is caused by the intercation &lt;/del&gt;between hydrophobic surfaces.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is composed of two different types of peptide chains. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_a/1&#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;Chain A&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;has 21 amino acids and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;scene name=&#039;34/347648/Chain_b/1&#039;&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;Chain B&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/scene&amp;gt; &lt;/ins&gt;has 30 amino acids. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Both chains contain alpha &lt;/ins&gt;helices &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;but no beta strands. There are &lt;/ins&gt;3 conserved disulfide bridges &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;which help keep the two chains together&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Insulin can also &lt;/ins&gt;form dimers in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, and &lt;/ins&gt;hexamers &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;due to interaction &lt;/ins&gt;between hydrophobic surfaces. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; Indeed &quot;fast acting&quot; insulin is produced&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is monomeric and is composed of two polypeptide chains. It is composed of two different types of peptide chains. Chain A has 21 amino acids and Chain B has 30 amino acids. Insulin has a three dimensional structure consisting of 3 helices and 3 conserved disulfide bridges. The molecules in insulin sometimes form dimers in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains. Granules consisting hexamers are also sometimes formed by insulin.  This is caused by the intercation between hydrophobic surfaces.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Insulin is monomeric and is composed of two polypeptide chains. It is composed of two different types of peptide chains. Chain A has 21 amino acids and Chain B has 30 amino acids. Insulin has a three dimensional structure consisting of 3 helices and 3 conserved disulfide bridges. The molecules in insulin sometimes form dimers in solution due to the hydrogen bonding between the B chains. Granules consisting hexamers are also sometimes formed by insulin.  This is caused by the intercation between hydrophobic surfaces.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/StructureSection&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==3D structures of insulin==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ann Taylor</name></author>
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