Table 1 Solubility, bioactivity and percent helicity of glucagon analogs

From: Stereochemical inversion as a route to improved biophysical properties of therapeutic peptides exemplified by glucagon

Peptide

Amino acid

Solubility in PBS pH 7.4 (mg/mL)

EC50 (pM) GCGR ± SD

EC50 (nM) GLP-1Ra ± SD

% Helicity

1

d-His1

0.26

46.4 ± 5.6

26.3 ± 6.2

 

2

d-Ser2

0.24

16.7 ± 3.4

5.5 ± 1.7

 

3

d-Gln3

0.32

33.3 ± 8.9

29.1 ± 7.7

 

4

G4(native)

0.21

28.7 ± 9.1

1.1 ± 0.4

26.1

5

d-Thr5

0.18

 > 1000

>1000

 

6

d-Phe6

0.30

 > 1000

>1000

 

7

d-Thr7

0.47

136 ± 43

>1000

 

8

d-Ser8

1.51

 > 1000

>1000

26.4

9

d-Asp9

0.26

280 ± 49

608 ± 142

 

10

d-Tyr10

1.22

35.6 ± 10.4

71.0 ± 28.0

 

11

d-Ser11

0.66

57.9 ± 14.9

27.2 ± 9.5

 

12

d-Lys12

1.76

34.7 ± 9.5

101 ± 47

19.4

13

d-Tyr13

1.68

216 ± 67

103 ± 14

20.2

14

d-Leu14

0.87

248 ± 92

7.0 ± 2.2

18.4

15

d-Asp15

1.53

78.7 ± 22.1

10.2 ± 4.1

17.5

16

d-Ser16

2.06

31.4 ± 10.3

4.9 ± 1.3

18.2

17

d-Arg17

4.52

20.3 ± 9.4

11.7 ± 3.1

23.5

18

d-Arg18

2.14

49.1 ± 9.9

0.5 ± 0.6

22

19

d-Ala19

2.01

 > 1000

5.8 ± 2.8

19.7

20

d-Gln20

1.03

37.5 ± 12.4

8.6 ± 2.4

19.6

21

d-Asp21

1.88

26.6 ± 11.2

11.1 ± 2.8

17.6

22

d-Phe22

3.24

150 ± 70

>1000

17.7

23

d-Val23

4.00

66.3 ± 26.9

10.5 ± 4.9

14.5

24

d-Gln24

1.73

22.1 ± 9.2

5.0 ± 2.6

 

25

d-Trp25

3.17

317 ± 81

15.3 ± 7.8

 

26

d-Leu26

2.39

 > 1000

458 ± 111

 

27

d-Met27

2.93

139 ± 84

5.9 ± 1.8

 

28

d-Asn28

0.52

26.6 ± 11.5

0.5 ± 0.2

 

29

d-Thr29

0.54

22.4 ± 10.4

0.5 ± 0.2

 
  1. aEC50 of GLP-1 standard on GLP-1R = 0.0334 ± 0.013 (SD)  nM
  2. SD standard deviation