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Table 4 Oxidative sulfitolysis conditions reported in human insulin/analogue downstream processing, ranked in order of ascending duration of reaction

From: Downstream processing of recombinant human insulin and its analogues production from E. coli inclusion bodies

Duration of oxidative sulfitolysis

Temp

pH

Sodium sulfite (A)

Sodium tetrathionate (B)

Molar ratio of (A): (B)

Solubilization agent

Suspension concentration during oxidative sulfitolysis (mg/mL)

References

40 min

37 °C

8.7

0.4 M

0.15 M

2.6:1

7.5 M urea

15–20

Tikhonov et al. (2001)

1–2 h

RTP

8.5–8.7

0.1 M

0.01 Ma

10:1

7 M GdnHCl

NA

Patrick and Lagu (1992)

2–3 h

RTP

8.7

0.4 M

0.15 M

2.6:1

7.5 M urea

15–20

Tikhonov et al. (2001)

3 h

RTP

8.2

0.10 M

0.01 M

10:1

7 M urea

50

Cowley and Mackin (1997)

4 h

25 °C

9.5

0.2 M

0.02 M

10:1

8 M urea

10–15

Kim et al. (2015)

4 h

25 °C

11

0.2 M

0.02 M

10:1

8 M urea

10–15

Min et al. (2011)

6 h

NA

8.9

NA

NA

2:1

8 M urea

3

Castellanos-Serra et al. (1996)

6 h

37 °C

NA

0.8 M

0.3 M

2.6:1

8 M urea

2

Nilsson et al. (1996)

12 h

4 °C

9.5

0.2 M

0.02 M

10:1

8 M urea

10–15

Min et al. (2011)

12 h

NA

9–11

3% w/w

1.5% w/w

4.9:1

6 M GdnHCl

NA

Petrides et al. (1995)

12 h (24 h for pretreated cells)

RTP

NA

0.4 M

–b

–

8 M urea and 6 M GdnHCl

10

Redwan et al. (2007)

24–48 h

RTP

9.0

1.25 g/g of sample

0.55 g/g of sample

5.5:1

8 M urea

NA

Astolfi et al. (2004)

  1. NA information not available, RTP room temperature
  2. aPotassium tetrathionate was used
  3. b0.4 mM cystine, 1 mM copper sulfate pentahydrate, and 5 mM nickel (II) chloride hydrate were used