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Title:
NOVEL PROTEASE AND DNA ENCODING THE PROTEASE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2000/055334
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Novel proteins characterized by having a virus activation protease activity and DNA encoding these proteins. More particularly speaking, a protein characterized by containing in its molecule the amino acid sequence corresponding to the amino acids at the 1- to 247-positions in the sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2 in Sequence Listing, and having a virus activation protease activity; or a protein characterized by containing in its molecule an amino acid sequence derived from the above-described sequence by addition, deletion or substitution of one or more amino acids and having a virus activation protease activity. Preventives for infectious diseases such as influenza can be searched by performing a test with the use of the activity of the above proteins as an indication.

Inventors:
YAMASHITA MAKOTO (JP)
SATO MASAYUKI (JP)
IIDA KENJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2000/001583
Publication Date:
September 21, 2000
Filing Date:
March 15, 2000
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Assignee:
SANKYO CO (JP)
KIDO HIROSHI (JP)
YAMASHITA MAKOTO (JP)
SATO MASAYUKI (JP)
IIDA KENJI (JP)
International Classes:
C12N1/21; C12N9/50; C12N15/57; C12P21/08; (IPC1-7): C12N15/57; C07K16/18; C07K16/40; C12N1/21; C12N9/64; C12P21/02; C12P21/08; C12Q1/37
Other References:
KIDO H. ET. AL.: "Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Trypsin-like Protease Found in Rat Bronchiolor Epithelial Clara Cells", THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, vol. 267, no. 19, 1992, pages 13573 - 13579, XP002928064
ZHIRNOV OP. ET. AL.: "Proteolytic activation of influenza WSN virus in cultured cells is performed by homologous plasma enzymes", JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY, vol. 63, no. 2, 1982, pages 469 - 474, XP002928065
CHARLOTTE L. ET. AL.: "Role of Respiratory Tract Proteases in Infectivity of Influenza A Virus.", THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol. 155, no. 4, 1987, pages 667 - 672, XP002928066
CALLAN R. J. ET. AL.: "Cleavage of Influenza A Viru H1 Hemagglutinin by Swine Respiratory Bacterial Proteases.", JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, vol. 71, no. 10, 1997, pages 7579 - 7585, XP002928067
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ohno, Akio (Limited 2-58 Hiromachi 1-chome Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP)
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