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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Applicants:
James Travis, Athens, GA (US);
Jan Potempa, Athens, GA (US);
Agnieszka Banbula, Athens, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01N021/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides isolated polypeptides, prolyl tripeptidyl-peptidases, and active analogs, active fragments or active modifications thereof, having amidolytic activity for cleavage of a peptide bond present in a target peptide having at least 30 amino acids. Isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding isolated prolyl tripeptidyl-peptidases are also provided, as are methods of reducing growth of a bacterium by inhibiting a prolyl tripeptidyl-peptidase.