Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
State the role of C-peptide in human insulin.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Mammalian insulin is synthesized as a prohormone, which undergoes processing to become a fully mature and functional insulin molecule. The prohormone contains an extra chain called C-peptide, which is removed during the conversion of prohormone to the mature hormone insulin.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
How did an American Company, Eli Lilly use the knowledge of r-DNA technology to produce human insulin?
Expand the Given and mention one application of each:
PCR
State the cause of ADA deficiency in humans.Mention a possible cure for an ADA deficiency patient.
Give a schematic representation of the transformation of a pro-insulin into insulin.
Describe the steps that are followed during secondary treatment of sewage.
PCR proceeds in three distinct steps governed by temperature, they are in order of ____________.
Which of the following is a neuropeptide hormone?
Due to which of the following reasons insulin extracted from pancreas of slaughtered animals cannot be used in humans to treat diabetes?
Discuss briefly how a probe is used in molecular diagnostics.
Give a reason for the following:
Streptokinase is administered to the patients having myocardial infarction.
