Hydrophobically-modified protein compositions and methods

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C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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C07K 14/435 (2006.01) A61K 38/18 (2006.01) C07K 14/46 (2006.01) A61K 38/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2309806

Hydrophobically-modified proteins and methods of making them are described. A hydrophobic moiety is attached to a surface amino acid residue of the protein. The hydrophobic moiety can be a lipid or a peptide. Alternatively, the protein can be derivatized by a wide variety of chemical reactions that append a hydrophobic structure to the protein. The preferred protein is of mammalian origin and is selected from the group consisting of Sonic, Indian, and Desert hedgehog. The hydrophobic moiety is used as a convenient tether to which may be attached a vesicle such as a cell membrane, liposome, or micelle.

L'invention concerne des protéines modifiées sur le plan hydrophobe et des procédés relatifs à leur élaboration. On rattache une fraction hydrophobe à une surface de résidu d'acide aminé des protéines. Cette fraction peut être un lipide ou un peptide. Une variante consiste à effectuer une dérivatisation par une grande variété de réactions chimiques permettant d'ajouter une structure hydrophobe aux protéines. De préférence, les protéines sont d'origine mammalienne et choisies parmi le groupe qui renferme les types Sonic, Indian et Desert hedgehog. La fraction hydrophobe est une attache pratique sur laquelle il est possible de fixer une vésicule (par exemple, membrane cellulaire, liposome ou micelle).

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