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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2006
Hideki Endoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Soga, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Endoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Soga, Tokyo, JP;
Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for identifying a target protein of a compound having a pharmacological action by detecting a tertiary structural change of a target protein by binding a compound having a pharmacological action to a target protein with the use of a molecular chaperone protein having a characteristic of binding to a protein by recognizing a tertiary structural change of the protein is disclosed. Further, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for diabetes using a target protein of biguanide which is a therapeutic agent for diabetes and was found by the identification method, a screening tool which can be used in the screening method and a pharmaceutical composition for treating diabetes containing a substance obtained by the screening method are disclosed.