44 results about "Disulfide Linkage" patented technology

The instant invention describes novel multispecific binding molecules comprising synthetic connecting peptides. The synthetic connecting peptides result in the preferential synthesis of multispecific binding molecules comprising polypeptide chains that are linked via at least one interchain disulfide linkage. In addition, the invention pertains to compositions in which a majority of the multispecific binding molecules comprising polypeptide chain that are linked via at least one interchain disulfide linkage or are not linked via at least one intrachain disulfide linkage. In a specific embodiment, the invention pertains to compositions comprising multispecific dimeric binding molecules said molecules comprising at least a first binding site specific for a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor or a ligand of a TNF receptor family member and at least a second binding site; and at least two polypeptide chains comprising at least one heavy chain portion and a synthetic connecting peptide; wherein greater than about 50% of the dimers comprise polypeptide chains that are linked via at least one interchain disulfide linkage.

The present invention relates to a curable composition which comprises 1 to 50 parts by weight of an inorganic compound (A) having a sulfur or selenium atom and 50 to 99 parts by weight of a compound (B) represented by the general formula (1): [wherein m is an integer of 0 to 4; and n is an integer of 0 to 2] (with the proviso that the total amount of the compounds (A) and (B) is 100 parts by weight) and which further contains at least one compound (C) selected from the group consisting of thiol compounds each having one SH group and disulfide compounds (except the compound (B)) each having one or more disulfide linkages in an amount of 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the compounds (A) and (B). The curable composition little causes viscosity increase in prepolymerization or deaeration, and can be therefore cast-polymerized by easy operation into optical elements and so on.

Provided herein are functionalized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) including antibody fragments covalently linked to a peptide compound through a disulfide linkage. The disulfide linkage is between a cysteine in the Fab region of the antibody or fragment thereof and a thiol moiety of a side chain amino acid of the peptide compound. The covalently formed complexes including provided herein form highly stable and versatile drug delivery and diagnostic compositions.

The invention relates to conjugates of anti-integrin specific antibodies with cytotoxic compounds, the synthesis, selection, and use of such conjugates for use in cancer therapy or other diseases mediated by cell proliferation, cell migration, or inflammation and which pathology involves angiogenesis or neovascularization of new tissue. In addition the invention relates to combination therapy of such diseases wherein the treatment comprises use of said conjugates in combination with one or more other treatment modalities including but not limited to: chemotherapy, surgery or radiation therapy. The preferred conjugates contain maytansinoid compounds linked to the antibody by a disulfide linkage, and preferred chemotherapeutic agents are doxorubicin, a taxane, a camptothecin, a podophyllotoxin, a nucleoside analog, or a pyrimidine analog.

The invention discloses a thermostable amylase mutant and a preparation method thereof, which belongs to the field of genetic engineering. According to invention, bacillus alcalophilus JN21 (CCTCC NO:M2011231) amylase is used as female parent; molecular biological technique is adopted to conduct site-directed mutagenesis for bacillus alcalophilus amylase sequence; a pair or multiple pairs of disulfide linkages are introduced in amylase catalytic structural domain to obtain amylase mutant with higher thermal stability; under the modification condition, the half-life period of bacillus alcalophilus amylase at 60 DEG C is improved to 22.3 min from 3.2 min of a comparison example (before mutation); by utilizing the strategy, the thermostability of amylase can be obviously improved to provide basis for industrialized production, and the strategy has significant guiding significance for the modification of properties of other enzymes.