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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1989
Hayao Ueno, Suita, JP;
Masahiko Fujino, Takarazuka, JP;
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides chemically modified proteins having a group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl, m represents an optional positive integer and n represents an integer 1 to 4, the group being bonded to at least one primary amino group of the protein, and a method of producing the same. The chemically modified proteins according to the invention can be produced by reacting a protein with an imidoester of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R, n and m are as defined above, R' represents a group constituting an imidoester with an adjacent imidoyl group. The chemically modified proteins according to the invention are useful as drugs, among others.