Insulin Research

The protein insulin is unique in many ways. Insulin is considered to be a hormone and also a protein. The word insulin is derived from Latin origins. Insulin was the first protein to have its sequence determined, and this was discovered by Frederick Sanger. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin determined the spatical conformation soon after (Warburg, 2015). It is very important to understand how proteins work because they are essential to our health. Without proteins our bodies would not be able to form vital bodily components such as enzymes, and antibodies. A protein is defined as “large molecules consisting of one or more chains of amino acids in a certain order, determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the base sequence of nucleotides in the DNA coding for the protein” (Medicine net). Insulins formula is C254H377N65O75S6 and its molecular mass is 5808 Da. When the protein insulin is the topic of discussion, almost everyone has heard of it, but do people truly understand the complexity and function of insulin? Insulin is mainly …show more content…
The Indians who participated in this study had endogenous glucose output, also known as EGO. These people underwent a weight- maintaining diet to observe the effects of insulin action, insulin secretion and EGO longitudinally. Studies show there were changes in plasma insulin concertation, and body fat. Also the participant’s plasma glucose increased. Generally this study proved that insulin has major effects on one’s health and is desperately needed for a healthy life. Furthermore people with insulin and glucose problems, experience more health problems because usually these problems cause a domino effect with lead to other health related problems effecting the