Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues
Patent
1994-03-03
1997-05-06
Wax, Robert A.
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
530380, C07K 1900, C07K 1447
Patent
active
056272642
ABSTRACT:
Chimeric complement inhibitor proteins are provided which include a first functional domain (first amino acid sequence) having C3 inhibitory activity and a second functional domain (second amino acid sequence) having C5b-9 inhibitory activity. The first functional domain is amino terminal to the second functional domain. In this way, the chimeric protein exhibits both C3 and C5b-9 inhibitory activity. The other orientation, i.e., the orientation in which the second amino acid sequence is amino terminal to the first amino acid sequence, only produces C3 inhibitory activity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins are also provided.
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Fodor William L.
Rollins Scott
Squinto Stephen P.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Fidel Seth A.
Klee Maurice M.
Lau Kawai
Wax Robert A.
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