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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Henning Seismann, Nienwohld, DE;
Ingke Braren, Hamburg, DE;
Thomas Grunwald, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PLS-Design GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/62 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01); C12N 9/64 (2006.01); A61K 39/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to nucleic acids encoding a novelvenom protease or fragments thereof, in particular the protease Ves v 4, recombinant vectors comprising such nucleic acids, and host cells containing the recombinant vectors. The invention is further directed to the expression of such nucleic acids to produce a recombinantvenom protease, or recombinant fragments thereof, or synthetic peptides thereof. Such a protease or fragments thereof or synthetic peptides thereof are useful for diagnosis of insect venom allergy and for therapeutic treatment of insect venom allergy.