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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Avi J. Ashkenazi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sarah Hymowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert F. Kelley, San Bruno, CA (US);
Iphigenia Koumenis, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Woon-lam Susan Leung, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark O'connell, Montara, CA (US);
Roger Pai, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zahra Shahrokh, Weston, MA (US);
Laura Simmons, Burlingame, CA (US);
Avi J. Ashkenazi, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sarah Hymowitz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert F. Kelley, San Bruno, CA (US);
Iphigenia Koumenis, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Woon-Lam Susan Leung, San Mateo, CA (US);
Mark O'Connell, Montara, CA (US);
Roger Pai, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zahra Shahrokh, Weston, MA (US);
Laura Simmons, Burlingame, CA (US);
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of making Apo-2 ligand and formulations of Apo-2 ligand using divalent metal ions are provided. Such divalent metal ions include zinc and cobalt which improve Apo-2 ligand trimer formation and stability. The crystal structure of Apo-2 ligand is also provided, along with Apo-2 ligand variant polypeptides identified using oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis.