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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Barton Holmquist, Eagle, NE (US);
Daniel J. Strydom, Lincoln, NE (US);
Jin Seog Seo, Mississauga, CA;
Barton Holmquist, Eagle, NE (US);
Daniel J. Strydom, Lincoln, NE (US);
Jin Seog Seo, Mississauga, CA;
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a process for amidating a desired peptide comprising cleaving a substrate polypeptide at a X-cysteine sequence, wherein Xis the amino acid at the peptide carboxyl-terminus and cysteine is the first amino acid of a palladium cleavage site comprising the sequence cysteine-X-X, wherein Xis any amino acid, Xis an amino acid selected from the group consisting of cysteine, histidine, or methionine, and wherein the carboxyl-terminus of the peptide is amidated upon cleavage at the X-cysteine sequence.