Catalytically active recombinant memapsin and methods of use thereof
First Claim
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- A memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 1-456 of SEQ ID NO;
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Abstract
Methods for the production of purified, catalytically active, recombinant memapsin 2 have been developed. The substrate and subsite specificity of the catalytically active enzyme have been determined. The substrate and subsite specificity information was used to design substrate analogs of the natural memapsin 2 substrate that can inhibit the function of memapsin 2. The substrate analogs are based on peptide sequences, shown to be related to the natural peptide substrates for memapsin 2. The substrate analogs contain at least one analog of an amide bond which is not capable of being cleaved by memapsin 2. Processes for the synthesis of two substrate analogues including isosteres at the sites of the critical amino acid residues were developed and the substrate analogues, OMR99-1 and OM99-2, were synthesized. OM99-2 is based on an octapeptide Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-Ala-Ala-Glu-Phe (SEQ ID NO:28) with the Leu-Ala peptide bond substituted by a transition-state isostere hydroxyethylene group (FIG. 1). The inhibition constant of OM99-2 is 1.6×10−9 M against recombinant pro-memapsin 2. Crystallography of memapsin 2 bond to this inhibitor was used to determine the three dimensional structure of the protein, as well as the importance of the various residues in binding. This information can be used by those skilled in the art to design new inhibitors, using commercially available software programs and techniques familiar to those in organic chemistry and enzymology, to design new inhibitors to memapsin 2, useful in diagnostics and for the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer'"'"'s disease.
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18 Claims
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1. :
- A memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 1-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- A memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 1-456 of SEQ ID NO;
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- A memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 43-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3 or residues 45-456 of SEQ ID NO;
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- A memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 43-456 of SEQ ID NO;
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9. :
- A composition comprising a memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 43-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3, or a memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 45-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3 or a mixture of memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 43-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3 and a memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 45-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- A composition comprising a memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 43-456 of SEQ ID NO;
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- A composition comprising memapsin 2 protein crystallized with a substrate, wherein said crystallized memapsin 2 protein and substrate diffract to about 3.5 Å
or less, andwherein the memapsin 2 protein is a mixture of memapsin 2 protein consisting of amino acid residues 43-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3 and memapsin 2 protein consisting of residues 45-456 of SEQ ID NO;
3. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- A composition comprising memapsin 2 protein crystallized with a substrate, wherein said crystallized memapsin 2 protein and substrate diffract to about 3.5 Å
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