1TRZ: Insulin

Crystallographic evidence for dual coordination around zinc in the T3R3 human insulin hexamer. Determined by X-ray diffraction at 1.6 Å resolution. Released 31 Jan 1994.

Method: X-ray diffraction
Resolution: 1.6 Å
Organism: Homo sapiens
Chains: 4
Atoms: 926
Mol. weight: 11.86 kDa
Ligands: ZN
Released: 31 Jan 1994

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Secondary structure: helices and β-sheets

1TRZ contains 11 α-helices and 4 β-strands across 4 chains. Residue ranges use author residue numbering, as in the PDB file, from PDBe. To see them in 3D, choose the Cartoon representation with Secondary structure coloring: helices, sheets and coils get different colors.

Chain A: 4 helices, 1 β-strand

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	2-3	2
α-helix	4-8	5
α-helix	13-16	4
α-helix	17-19	3
β-strand	20	1	1

Chain B: 2 helices, 1 β-strand

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	9-19	11
α-helix	20-22	3
β-strand	24-26	3	1

Chain C: 3 helices, 1 β-strand

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	2-8	7
α-helix	13-16	4
α-helix	17-19	3
β-strand	20	1	1

Chain D: 2 helices, 1 β-strand

Element	Residues	Length	Sheet
α-helix	4-19	16
α-helix	20-22	3
β-strand	24-26	3	1

Molecules and chains

Molecule	Chains	Type	Length	Organism	UniProt
Insulin	A, C	protein	21	Homo sapiens	P01308 (AlphaFold model)
Insulin	B, D	protein	30	Homo sapiens	P01308 (AlphaFold model)

Sequence of entity 1 (A, C), FASTA

>1TRZ_1 INSULIN (chains A, C)
GIVEQCCTSICSLYQLENYCN

Sequence of entity 2 (B, D), FASTA

>1TRZ_2 INSULIN (chains B, D)
FVNQHLCGSHLVEALYLVCGERGFFYTPKT

Ligands and cofactors

ID	Name	Formula	Copies
ZN	Zinc ion	Zn	2

Water and common crystallization additives (CL, NA) are not listed.

Primary citation

Crystallographic evidence for dual coordination around zinc in the T3R3 human insulin hexamer. Ciszak, E., Smith, G.D. Biochemistry (1994) 33:1512-1517. DOI 10.1021/bi00172a030 · PubMed

Other PDB entries of the same protein (UniProt P01308 (AlphaFold model), which also has an AlphaFold model), best resolution first:

3W7Y 0.92 Å, 0.92A structure of 2Zn human insulin at 100K
5E7W 0.95 Å, X-ray Structure of Human Recombinant 2Zn insulin at 0.92 Angstrom
5HQI 0.97 Å, Insulin with proline analog HzP at position B28 in the T2 state
1MSO 1.0 Å, T6 Human Insulin at 1.0 A Resolution
3HYD 1.0 Å, LVEALYL peptide derived from human insulin chain B, residues 11-17
6VER 1.05 Å, Human insulin analog: [GluB10,TyrB20]-DOI
4FKA 1.08 Å, High resolution structure of the manganese derivative of insulin
3TT8 1.12 Å, Crystal Structure Analysis of Cu Human Insulin Derivative
3W7Z 1.15 Å, 1.15A structure of human 2Zn insulin at 293K
8OKY 1.17 Å, Crystal structure of D-ProB26-DTriA analogue of human insulin
5USP 1.17 Å, Insulin with proline analog Pip at position B28 in the T2 state
5UOZ 1.17 Å, Insulin with proline analog FyP at position B28 in the T2 state

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1TRZ is part of these collections:

Insulin and hormones

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