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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Beth C. Levine, Dallas, TX (US);
Sanae Shoji-Kawata, Dallas, TX (US);
Olivier Lichtarge, Dallas, TX (US);
Angela D. Wilkins, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/47 (2006.01); C07K 14/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/4747 (2013.01); C07K 14/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autophagy-inducing compound comprises an autophagy-inducing peptide comprising beclin-1 residues 269-283 and a heterologous moiety that promotes therapeutic stability or delivery of the compound. The compound may be used to induce autophagy and in assays with beclin-1 binding partners.