Muteins of hypoxia inducible factor alpha and methods of use thereof
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1. A hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) mutein polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 2, except that amino acid residue at position 402 of SEQ ID NO;
2 of said HIF mutein is not proline, said HIF mutein displaying decreased binding to VHL, and increased resistance to degradation in the presence of oxygen.
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Abstract
The present invention provides hypoxia inducible factor alpha muteins, DNA sequences encoding these hypoxia inducible factor alpha muteins, recombinant DNA molecules containing those DNA sequences operatively linked to expression control sequences and capable of inducing expression of an hypoxia inducible factor alpha muteins, hosts transformed with those recombinant DNA molecules, pharmaceutical compositions containing hypoxia inducible factor alpha muteins and methods of using those compositions to treat hypoxia and ischemic related tissue damage.
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1. A hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) mutein polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO:
- 2, except that amino acid residue at position 402 of SEQ ID NO;
2 of said HIF mutein is not proline, said HIF mutein displaying decreased binding to VHL, and increased resistance to degradation in the presence of oxygen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- 2, except that amino acid residue at position 402 of SEQ ID NO;
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4. A HIF mutein polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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