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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1985
Satoru Nakai, Tokushima, JP;
Mayumi Kaneta, Tokushima, JP;
Yoshikazu Kikumoto, Tokushima, JP;
Yeong-Man Hong, Naruto, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kawai, Naruto, JP;
Setsuko Takegata, Tokushima, JP;
Kiyoshi Ishii, Tokushima, JP;
Yasuo Yanagihara, Tokushima, JP;
Yoshikatsu Hirai, Tokushima, JP;
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides an antitumor active substance GIF, a process for preparing the same, an antitumor composition containing the substance, a gene coding for GIF, a vector containing the gene and a recombinant microorganism, the substance GIF comprises as its component protein polypeptide A of the following primary structure. ##STR1## wherein X is Cys or Ser and Z is H or a peptide represented by the amino acid sequence ##STR2## or a peptide having the above sequence wherein at least one amino acid is removed from the N terminal or an amino acid.