Fusion polypeptides of human serum albumin and a therapeutically active polypeptide
First Claim
1. A nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein wherein said fusion protein comprises a hormone and a mature form of albumin, wherein (i) said fusion protein has a higher plasma stability than the unfused hormone, (ii) said fusion protein retains the therapeutic activity of the unfused hormone, (iii) and said mature form of albumin is located either at the N-terminus or C-terminus of said fusion protein.
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Abstract
The invention includes biologically active polypeptides comprising a therapeutically active polypeptide fused to human serum albumin or a variant of human serum albumin, methods for the preparation of such fusion polypeptides, nucleotide sequences encoding such fusion polypeptides, expression cassettes comprising such nucleotide sequences, self-replicating plasmids containing such expression cassettes, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such fusion polypeptides.
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- 1. A nucleic acid molecule comprising a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein wherein said fusion protein comprises a hormone and a mature form of albumin, wherein (i) said fusion protein has a higher plasma stability than the unfused hormone, (ii) said fusion protein retains the therapeutic activity of the unfused hormone, (iii) and said mature form of albumin is located either at the N-terminus or C-terminus of said fusion protein.
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