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  • Title: Amino-terminal sequences of two polypeptides from human serum with nonsuppressible insulin-like and cell-growth-promoting activities: evidence for structural homology with insulin B chain.
    Author: Rinderknecht E, Humbel RE.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1976 Dec; 73(12):4379-81. PubMed ID: 1069990.
    Abstract:
    The amino-terminal sequences of two polypeptides with nonsuppressible insulin-like and cell-growth-promoting activities (NSILA I and II), isolated from human serum, were determined. Of the first 31 residues, 22 are identical in NSILA I and II. Moreover, a striking structural similarity was found between NSILA and insulin B chain: 47 and 57% of residues 1-30 in NSILA I are identical to those in insulin B chain from man and tuna fish, respectively. This high degree of sequence identity is presented as evidence for homology and thus for a common evolutionary origin of insulin and NSILA. Based on these results and on these results and on biological properties of NSILA described earlier, a new designation for NSILA is proposed: insulin-like growth factor (IGF).
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