The invention discloses a preparation method of
insulin detemir or an
insulin detemir analogue and belongs to the field of preparation of
insulin analogues. According to the preparation method,
threonine-free 30th-site human double-chain
insulin precursor desB30
protein of a B chain is taken as a
raw material, epsilon-amino of B29th-site
lysine is selectively acylated by active ester through one step in the alkaline environment with pH
ranging from 8.0 to 11 under the condition that N-terminal alpha-amino of double chains of the desB30
protein is not protected, and the insulin detemir or the insulin detemir analogue is generated efficiently. According to the preparation method of the insulin detemir or the insulin detemir analogue, parameters such as the pH value, the
raw material ratio, the
acylation time and the like of the
acylation reaction of the
insulin precursor are optimized, the yield of the insulin detemir or the insulin detemir analogue is remarkably increased, the preparation method has the advantages of high
acylation efficiency, a few by-products, short acylation reaction time, a few acylation steps, simple process, low production cost and the like, and one simple and efficient method is provided for large-scale industrial preparation of the insulin detemir or the insulin detemir analogue through one-step acylation.