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Can you please explain how you would expect the sequence of amino acids in the beef and pig insulin to compare with that of humans?
Hi Alan;
I have problems with the wording of your question. How would I expect the AA sequence to compare? Certainly we would expect it be different in different mammals but not by much. Beef and pig insulin was once used as a substitute for human insulin. I know because I am diabetic and used it in the 80s
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Walter Hintz
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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.
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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.
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