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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Arne Skerra, Freising, DE;
Gerald Beste, Munich, DE;
Frank Schmidt, Frankfurt, DE;
Thomas Stibora, Michendorf, DE;
Inventors:
Arne Skerra, Freising, DE;
Gerald Beste, Munich, DE;
Frank Schmidt, Frankfurt, DE;
Thomas Stibora, Michendorf, DE;
Assignee:
Pieris AG, Freising-Weihenstephan, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the production of novel proteins exhibiting bonding activity for certain ligands, the so-called anticalins. To this end, the structure of peptides of the lipocalin family is modified by amino acid replacement in their natural ligand binding pocket using generic engineering methods. Alike immunoglobulin, the anticalin thus obtained can be used to identify or bond molecular structures.