Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur F&#xf6;rderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.

Niels Peter Mo Slashedller

Axel Ullrich

Karin Bach Mo Slashedller

Edmund Hoppe

Cornelia Lechner

The present invention relates, in general, to an extracellular signal regulated kinase, ERK-5. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules coding for ERK-5; ERK-5 polypeptides; recombinant nucleic acid molecules; cells containing the recombinant nucleic acid molecules; antisense ERK-5 nucleic acid constructs; antibodies having binding affinity to an ERK-5 polypeptide; hybridomes containing the antibodies; nucleic acid probes for the detecting of ERK-5 nucleic acid; a method of detecting ERK-5 nucleic acid or polypeptide in a sample; kits containing nucleic acid probes or antibodies; a method of detecting a compound capable of binding to ERK-5 or a fragment thereof; a method of detecting an agonist or antagonist of ERK-5 activity; a method of agonizing or antagonizing ERK-5 associated activity in a mammal; a method of treating diabetes mellitus, skeletal muscle diseases, Alzheimer's disease, or peripheral neuropathies in a mammal with an agonist or antagonist of ERK-5 activity; and a pharmaceutical composition comprising an ERK-5 agonist or antagonist.

Extracellular signal-regulated kinase, sequences, and methods of

The present invention relates to PTP-D1, a member of the novel PTP-D subfamily of protein tyrosine phosphatases. The present invention is directed to isolated PTP-D1 protein, nucleic acid constructs encoding for PTP-D1, cells containing the nucleic acid constructs, and methods for production and identification of PTP-D1. Antibodies to PTP-D1 protein and methods for screening molecules which can bind to PTP-D1 protein or inhibit or stimulate the protein-tyrosine phosphatase enzymatic activity of PTP-D1, are also provided.

Nucleic acid encoding novel protein phosphotyrosine phosphatase PTP-D1

The present invention relates to cell lines useful for the screening and identification of compounds that by modulating phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity, modulate insulin receptor type tyrosine kinase mediated signal transduction. Genetically engineered cells expressing IR in culture overcome the effect of insulin on morphology and adhesion when they are also coexpressing RPTP.alpha. or RPTP.epsilon.. Such engineered cell lines may be used to screen and identify non-toxic compounds that could elicit or modulate insulin signal transduction even in the absence of insulin.

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Niels Peter Mo Slashedller