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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
Ranjit Bhardwaj, Berlin, DE;
Birgit Vogt, Berlin, DE;
Ahmed Sheriff, Berlin, DE;
TheraVision GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
An isolated protein having at least 90% homology with the dimeric protein having the following amino acid sequence (I) with the proviso that at the C-terminal end of the monomeric forms, 2 to 10 amino acid distance from Z, a Cys is present for forming the dimeric or multimeric protein, Zis a signal peptide for protein transport to the ER and/or through the plasma membrane or NHor a derivative of an NHgroup such as an alkylated, or acylated derivative, or polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety, Zis an amino acid residue with up to 20, in particular 10 or 8 amino acids which are selected of substantially non-hydrophobic naturally occurring amino acids or COOZwherein Zis hydrogen, a metal ion, a hydrocarbon moiety substituted or non-substituted with heteroatoms.