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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Mary Garry, Dallas, TX (US);
Ilya Bezprozvanny, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mary Garry, Dallas, TX (US);
Ilya Bezprozvanny, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to peptides of CaV2.2 and their use in the treatment of pain. The sequence of the peptides is derived from the C-terminus of CaV2.2. and is believed to inhibit the interaction of CaV2.2 with Mint1-PDZ1. The invention is related to use of this peptide to treat pain and to use of this peptide in binding reaction with int-PDZ to screen for small molecules that can inhibit pain.