The present invention relates to
amino acid sequences that are capable of binding to
serum albumin; to compounds, proteins and polypeptides comprising or essentially consisting of such
amino acid sequences; to nucleic acids that
encode such
amino acid sequences, proteins or polypeptides; to compositions, and in particular pharmaceutical compositions, that comprise such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides; and to uses of such amino acid sequences, proteins and polypeptides. Particularly, the amino acid sequences and compounds of the present invention bind to or otherwise associate with
serum albumin in such a way that, when the amino acid sequence or compound is bound to or otherwise associated with a
serum albumin molecule in a
primate, it exhibits a serum half-life of at least 50% of the natural half-life of serum
albumin in said
primate.