135 results about "Disulphide bonds" patented technology

Bispecific antibody derivatives are disclosed which are comprised of a first region which binds to a first antigen and a second region which binds to a second antigen different from the first antigen. The first and second regions of the bispecific antibody are each stabilized by an additional internal disulfide bridge, and connected by a flexible polypeptide linker. The bispecific antibody is devoid of an Fc portion and is encoded as a single chain-sequence.

The present invention provides a soluble T cell receptor (sTCR), which comprises (i) all or part of a TCR $g(a) chain, except the transmembrane domain thereof, and (ii) all or part of a TCR $g(b) chain, except the transmembrane domain thereof. (i) and (ii) each comprise a functional variable domain and at least a part of the constant domain of the TCR chain, and are linked by a disulphide bond between constant domain residues which is not present in native TCR, characterized in that the sTCR recognizes a CD1-antigen complex, a bacterial superantigen or a peptide-MHC / superantigen complex.

The present invention features improved methods of in vitro RNA display to allow reliable expression and selection of scFv antibody molecules from expression libraries. The improved methods, in part, involve the use of mildly reducing conditions, which favor of scFv intra-chain disulphide bond and thus correct folding of the scFv antibody molecules. Although particularly suited to expression and selection of scFv antibody molecules, the methods of the invention are also expedient for in vitro RNA display of all classes of protein.

The present disclosure describes methods and systems for improving the expression of a properly folded, biologically active protein of interest in a cell free synthesis system. The methods and systems use a bacterial cell free extract having an active oxidative phosphorylation system, and include an exogenous protein chaperone. The exogenous protein chaperone can be expressed by the bacteria used to prepare the cell free extract. The exogenous protein chaperone can be a protein disulfide isomerase and / or a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase. The inventors discovered that the combination of a protein disulfide isomerase and a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase produces a synergistic increase in the amount of properly folded, biologically active protein of interest.

The present invention provides an isolated protein comprising an immunoglobulin variable region comprising at least two cysteine residues positioned within framework region (FR) 2 and / or at least two cysteine residues positioned within framework region (FR3), wherein if at least two of the cysteine residues in FR2 and / or FR3 are not conjugated to a compound then an intra-framework disulphide bond is capable of forming between the cysteine residues. Preferably the protein comprises an immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (VH) and an immunoglobulin light chain variable region (VL), wherein at least one of the variable regions comprises the two cysteine residues. The present invention also provides conjugates of the protein and another compound.

The invention discloses a shell layer dropping type nanometer medicine carrier preparation based on an amphiphilic block copolymer and a preparation method thereof. The preparation is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 1 to 20 parts by weight of active ingredient medicines, 10 to 200 parts by weight of amphiphilic block copolymers and 20 to 500 parts by weight of organic solvents. The nanometer medicine micelle carrier preparation is in a core-shell structure, the core of which is a hydrophobic chain segment used for wrapping active ingredients and the shell of which is an amphiphilic block copolymer hydrophilic chain segment, and a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment in the amphiphilic block copolymer are connected through a disulphide bond S-S. The medicine carrier preparation can be preserved easily and has the advantages of high stability, high medicine cladding ratio, large medicine loading capacity, low toxicity and high medicine bioavailability.

The invention concerns a purified recombinant glycoprotein having the following properties: a) an adherence capacity to CD4; b) an affinity with a anti-gp120 antibody capable of neutralizing in vitro HIV cell infection; c) an affinity with an anti-gp41 antibody; d) a timeric form free from inter-chain disulphide bonds. The invention also concerns a vaccine comprising said purified glycoprotein and an adjuvant. The invention further concerns a method for obtaining said glycoprotein, which consists in expressing, by means of genetic recombining techniques, a glycoprotein corresponding to the properties a), b) and c) mentioned above; purifying it, and subjecting it to steps involving at least a reducing agent, an ionic detergent and / or a neutral detergent in conditions leading to a glycoprotein having said properties.

A fusion protein having a non-immunoglobulin polypeptide having a cysteine residue proximal to the C terminal thereof, and an immunoglobulin component with a mutated hinge region is provided. The mutation comprises a point mutated site corresponding in position to the position in a native hinge region of the cysteine residue located nearest the cysteine residue of the non-Ig component. The distance from the cysteine residue of the non-immunoglobulin polypeptide and any remaining cysteine residues of the mutated hinge region is sufficient to prevent the formation of a disulphide bond therebetween.

The present invention relates to dimers comprising a first polypeptide and a second polypeptide, wherein each of said first and second polypeptide comprises at least one immunoglobulin single variable domain (1ISVD) and a C-terminal extension comprising a cysteine moiety (preferably at the C-terminus), wherein said first polypeptide and said second polypeptide are covalently linked via a disulfide bond between the cysteine moiety of said first polypeptide and the cysteine moiety of said second polypeptide, in which the dimer outperformed the benchmark constructs, e.g. cognate multivalent and multispecific constructs, in various assays. The present invention provides methods for making the dimers of the invention.

The invention relates to disulfide-rich peptide molecules which inhibit binding of α4β7 to the mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule (MAdCAM) in vivo, and show high selectivity against α4β1 binding.

The invention relates to disulfide-rich dimer molecules which inhibit binding of α4β7 to the mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule (MAdCAM) in vivo, and show high selectivity against α4β1 binding.

The invention discloses an E.tenella protein disulfide linkage isomerase gene EtPDI (Clone ID is BW1-E06,and the Genbank accession number of is EF552214). The gene is connected with a procaryon expression vector pGEX-4T-2; a procaryon expression recombination plasmid pGEX-4T-EtPDI is constructed and is expressed in a colibacillus system; and most of the expressed recombining protein exists in a soluble form. The recombining protein 4T-EtPDI is purified to carry out SPS-PAGE and is transferred to a PVDF film; and antiserum of E.tenella oocyst oral immunized chicken is used as first resistance and goat anti-chicken IgG is used as second resistance to carry out Western-blot analysis, thereby indicating that the gene has certain antigen. The gene is used for preparing an anti-chicken coccidiosis drug and an anti-chicken coccidiosis vaccine.

Novel biologically active compounds of the general formula (I) in which one of X and X′ represents a polymer, and the other represents a hydrogen atom; each Q independently represents a linking group; W represents an electron-withdrawing moiety or a moiety preparable by reduction of an electron-withdrawing moiety; or, if X′ represents a polymer, X-Q-W— together may represent an electron withdrawing group; and in addition, if X represents a polymer, X′ and electron withdrawing group W together with the interjacent atoms may form a ring; each of Z1 and Z2 independently represents a group derived from a biological molecule, each of which is linked to A and B via a nucleophilic moiety; or Z1 and Z2 together represent a single group derived from a biological molecule which is linked to A and B via two nucleophilic moieties; A is a C1-5 alkylene or alkenylene chain; and B is a bond or a C1-4 alkylene or alkenylene chain; are formed by conjugating a suitable polymer to a suitable biologically active molecule via nucleophilic groups in said molecule, preferably via a disulphide bridge.

This invention relates to methods of expressing eukaryotic proteins in prokaryotic hosts, particularly eukaryotic proteins that require formation of disulfide bridges for biological activity. Various approaches are used including fusion to thioredoxin, cytoplasmic expression of disulfide isomerases, deficiencies in thioredoxin and / or glutathione reductases, deficiencies in proteases, and the like. The method is applicable to express monomeric and dimeric forms of the eukaryotic protein with biological activity such as monomeric and dimeric forms of a disintegrin or a disintegrin domain. Included are the vectors, host cells expressing the proteins, the expressed proteins and methods of using the proteins.

The present invention relates to a method for purifying recombinant HCV single or specific oligomeric envelope proteins selected from the group consisting of E1 and / or E2 and / or E1 / E2, characterized in that upon lysing the transformed host cells to isolate the recombinantly expressed protein a disulphide bond cleavage or reduction step is carried out with a disulphide bond cleavage agent. The present invention also relates to a composition isolated by such a method. The present invention also relates to the diagnostic and therapeutic application of these compositions. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of HCV E1 protein and peptides for prognosing and monitoring the clinical effectiveness and / or clinical outcome of HCV treatment.

The present invention is generally directed to methods of producing an increase in the enrichment and / or recovery of preferred forms of monoclonal antibodies. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for eliminating disulfide heterogeneity in the hinge region of recombinant IgG2 antibody proteins.

The present invention relates to a method for purifying recombinant HCV single or specific oligomeric envelope proteins selected from the group consisting of E1 and / or E2 and / or E1 / E2, characterized in that upon lysing the transformed host cells to isolate the recombinantly expressed protein a disulphide bond cleavage or reduction step is carried out with a disulphide bond cleavage agent. The present invention also relates to a composition isolated by such a method. The present invention also relates to the diagnostic and therapeutic application of these compositions. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of HCV E1 protein and peptides for prognosing and monitoring the clinical effectiveness and / or clinical outcome of HCV treatment

The present invention relates to a method for purifying recombinant HCV single or specific oligomeric envelope proteins selected from the group consisting of E1 and / or E1 / E2, characterized in that upon lysing the transformed host cells to isolate the recombinantly expressed protein a disulphide bond cleavage or reduction step is carried out with a disulphide bond cleavage agent. The present invention also relates to a composition isolated by such a method. The present invention also relates to the diagnostic and therapeutic application of these compositions. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of HCV E1 protein and peptides for prognosing and monitoring the clinical effectiveness and / or clinical outcome of HCV treatment.

The invention relates to a polypeptide synthesis method for octreotide acetate. The method comprises the following steps of: taking chloromethyl resin as a starting raw material, preparing a cesium salt from Boc-Thr(tBu)-OH, sequentially connecting amino acids with protecting groups according to a solid-phase synthesis method so as to obtain protected octapeptide resin, meanwhile, removing Boc protecting groups by sequentially using HCl / isopropyl alcohol, carrying out peptide connecting reaction in a manner of taking DIC and HOBT as condensing agents, carrying out reduction by using palladium carbon / hydrogen gas, meanwhile, cutting off peptide chains so as to obtain reduced octreotide, introducing air at the Ph of 7.8-9 so as to cyclize disulfide linkages, then, obtaining a crude octreotide product, and carrying out separation and purification through a C18 column, thereby preparing a fine octreotide acetate product. The method disclosed by the invention has the advantages that threoninol and Fmoc-threoninol are not adopted, the production cost is very low, the method has large-scale production capacity, the process is stable, the raw and auxiliary materials are convenient to obtain, the production cycle is short, the yield of connected peptide is high, the quality is stable, the use of highly-toxic reagents, such as hydrogen fluoride, trifluoroacetic acid and the like, is avoided, and the pollution caused by waste gas, waste water and waste residues is little.

The invention discloses an aspergillus niger alpha-glucosidase aglu<OP> and a high-efficiency expression method of the aspergillus niger alpha-glucosidase aglu<OP> in pichia pastoris. The nucleotide sequence of the optimized alpha-glucosidase gene is shown in SEQ ID No.1. The gene is constructed into a pichia pastoris expression vector, and the pichia pastoris expression vector and disulphide bond isomerase are transformed into the pichia pastoris for co-expression, and the enzyme activity of the alpha-glucosidase gene can be up to 10.1U / mL after induction is carried out for 110 hours in a 3L tank, and is 2.9 times of the enzyme cavity before optimization. The optimized alpha-glucosidase gene can be used for industrial production of the alpha-glucosidase.

The present invention provides an isolated protein comprising an immunoglobulin variable region comprising at least two cysteine residues positioned within framework region 1 such that if at least two of the cysteine residues are not conjugated to another compound a disulphide bond forms between the cysteine residues. Preferably the protein comprises an immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region and an immunoglobulin light chain variable region, wherein at least one of the variable regions comprises the two cysteine residues. The present invention also provides a protein that binds to TAG72. The present invention also provides conjugates of the protein and another compound.

The present invention relates to a method for purifying recombinant HCV single or specific oligomeric envelope proteins selected from the group consisting of E1 and / or E1 / E2 characterized in that upon lysing the transformed host cells to isolate the recombinantly expressed protein a disulphide bond cleavage or reduction step is carried out with a disulphide bond cleavage agent. The present invention also relates to a composition isolated by such a method. The present invention also relates to the diagnostic and therapeutic application of these compositions. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of HCV E1 protein and peptides for prognosing and monitoring the clinical effectiveness and / or clinical outcome of HCV treatment.

A method for the development of biodegradable or edible film from wheat gluten protein has been revealed. For this purpose, a fraction of gliadin protein, on the basis of solubility, is recovered from ethanolic extract of wheat gluten protein to fabricate homogenous, transparent, heat sealable and water soluble edible films with novel functional and mechanical properties. To reduce film brittleness, glycerol was added in the formulation as a plasticizer. A three dimensional network of gliadin protein's fraction, water and plasticizer is formed by virtue of new hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions and disulphide bonds when such films are produced by casting technique followed by drying. This network provides resistance to moisture, lipid and gas permeation together with glossy sheen when coated on a variety of substrates.

The invention relates to the prevention and treatment field of human papillomavirus infection, in particular to an amino acid modification sequence of recombinant human papillomavirus (HPV) L1 capsid protein, a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid modification sequence, and a carrier and a transformant containing the nucleotide sequence; and the invention further relates to application of an HPV L1 protein polymer consisting of the amino acid modification sequence to preparing vaccines, pharmaceutical compositions and diagnostic antigen or diagnostic antibodies. In the invention, an HPV L1 protein wild-type sequence is modified to prevent forming of a disulfide bond in the HPV L1 protein, the modification has no significant effect on the structural stability of the recombinant HPV L1 protein, but significantly improves the efficiency of purification process, and directly reduces the reagent consumption, thus effectively lowering the industrial production cost and having great economical benefit.

Provided is a method for characterising a polypeptide or a population of polypeptides, which method comprises the steps of: (a) optionally reducing disulphide linkages in the polypeptides, if they are present and capping free thiols in the polypeptides, if they are present; (b) contacting a sample comprising one or more polypeptides with a cleavage reagent which cleaves one or more polypeptides on the C-terminal side of a lysine residue to produce peptide fragments; (c) optionally deactivating the cleavage reagent; (d) contacting the sample with a lysine reactive agent to cap ε-amino groups; (e) removing those peptides having capped ε-amino groups; and (f) recovering the C-terminal peptides.

The present invention addresses limitations of prior art receptor-based traps through a methodology called the clamp / click / cleave (CCC) approach. Two fusion proteins each comprising a binding domain fused to a coiled-coil are non-covalently dimerized through the coiled-coil (clamp), and the dimer so formed is stabilized by a covalent disulphide bond (click) between cysteine residues located on the fusion proteins between the binding domains and coiled-coils. Once the disulphide bond has formed, the coiled-coils are subsequently removed (cleave) by cleaving the fusions proteins at cleavage sites located between the cysteine residues and the coiled-coils to provide the covalently dimerized bivalent binding agent of the present invention. Such binding agents are useful in the treatment and diagnosis of disease states characterized by production and / or overexpression of a ligand to which the binding domains bind. The invention is particularly useful for covalently dimerized receptor-based ligand traps where the binding domains are receptor ligand-binding domains, such as those of TGF-β receptors.

The invention discloses a large-scale preparation and purification method and application of mu- conopeptide. The large-scale preparation and purification method of the mu-conopeptide comprises the steps of preparation of linear peptide amino resin, cracking, linear peptide folding and crude peptide purification. Amino resin with the substitution degree of 0.6-0.8 is adopted, and the synthesis efficiency is improved; the amino acid is sequentially coupled through solid-phase synthesis to synthesize protected 22-peptide amino resin, and cracking and concentration are carried out; three pairs ofdisulfide bonds are formed by one-step folding through air oxidation, no extra oxidizing agent needs to be added in the folding process, and the method is simple to operate, low in cost and suitablefor industrial mass production; crude peptide is prepared and purified through HPLC, and the mu- conopeptide with the purity larger than 97% is obtained. The invention further provides the applicationof the mu- conopeptide in preparing wrinkle-removing cosmetics. An effect of injecting botulinum toxin can be achieved through simple smearing, and side effects such as pain and facial paralysis caused by botulinum toxin injection can be avoided.

The invention relates to novel binding domain-immunoglobulin fusion proteins that feature a binding domain for a cognate structure such as an antigen, a counterreceptor or the like, a wild-type IgG, IGA or IgE hinge-acting region, i.e., IgE CH2, region polypeptide or a mutant IgGI hinge region polypeptide having either zero, one or two cysteine residues, and immunoglobulin CH2 and CH3 domains, and that are capable of ADCC and / or CDC while occurring predominantly as polypeptides that are compromised in their ability to form disulfide-linked multimers. The fusion proteins can be recombinantly produced at high expression levels. Also provided are related compositions and methods, including cell surface forms of the fusion proteins and immunotherapeutic applications of the fusion proteins and of polynucleotides encoding such fusion proteins.

The invention provides compounds of formula (I) that inhibit PDI, for use in methods to treat or prevent a disease or condition in a subject that would benefit by inhibition of PDI. Formula (I)