“…Construct 1 was prepared by oxime-forming ligation (Figure S1, for synthesis see Supporting Information). Under standard redox conditions, the oxime-linked polypeptide 1 folded and formed disulfides in relatively good yield (Figure 2A), which agrees with the reported high-yield refolding of N αA1 , N ε B29 -suberoylinsulin, 15 N αA1 , N ε B29 -2,2′-sulfonylbis(ethoxycarbonyl)insulin 16 and N αA1 , N ε B29 -carbonylbis-(methionyl)insulin. 17 When folded 1 was treated with trypsin (after solid phase extraction and lyophilization), the Arg residue at the ε -amino group of Lys B28 was retained (Figure S2, Supporting Information), indicating that as expected the amide bond between Arg and N ε -Lys B28 was not cleaved by the trypsin and thus 1 did not lead to native insulin.…”