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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Takashi Kadowaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimasa Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryozo Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kamon, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Kadowaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimasa Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryozo Nagai, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kamon, Saitama, JP;
TOUDAI TLO, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The object is to isolate and identify human and mouse adiponectin receptors, to provide a novel protein having adiponectin binding ability, and to provide a screening method and screening kit for a ligand, agonist and antagonist to an adiponectin receptor using such protein. To achieve this object, a protein is used, as novel protein having adiponectin binding ability, that is (a) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to Seq. No. 2, 4, 6 or 8, or (b) a protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to Seq. No. 2, 4, 6 or 8 with one or more amino acids deleted, replaced or added, and having adiponectin binding ability.