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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
May. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul R Atkinson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Matthew D Hilton, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Peter K Lambooy, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 681 ; 435212 ; 435223 ;
Abstract
A method for removing dipeptides from the amino terminus of precursor polypeptides to produce a polypeptide product is presented which comprises contacting the precursor polypeptide for sufficient time to remove the dipeptide with a dipeptidylaminopeptidase (dDAP) from the slime mold, Dictyostelium descoideum, which has a mass of about 225 kilodaltons and a pH optimum of about 3.5. The precursor polypeptides may be made recombinantly and may be analogs of naturally occurring polypeptides.