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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Rachel A. Meyers, Newton, MA (US);
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a newly identified human PGP synthase. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the PGP synthase. The invention further relates to methods using the PGP synthase polypeptides and polynucleotides as a target for diagnosis and treatment in POP synthase-mediated or -related disorders. The invention further relates to drug-screening methods using the POP synthase polypeptides and polynucleotides to identify agonists and antagonists for diagnosis and treatment. The invention further encompasses agonists and antagonists based on the POP synthase polypeptides and polynucleotides. The invention further relates to procedures for producing the POP synthase polypeptides and polynucleotides.