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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Hitoshi Sakuraba, Abiko, JP;
Youichi Tajima, Chofu, JP;
Mai Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiko Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Sakuraba, Abiko, JP;
Youichi Tajima, Chofu, JP;
Mai Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Fumiko Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research, Tokyo, JP;
ALTIF Laboratories, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides, as an enzyme which can be used for enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, a protein having α-galactosidase activity, which shows no allergic adverse side effect, shows a high stability in blood, and can be easily incorporated into a cell of an affected organ. The protein of the present invention is a protein which has acquired α-galactosidase activity by changing the structure of the active site of wild-type human α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase.