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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Yoon Kong, Seoul, KR;
Byoung-Kuk Na, Jinju-si, KR;
Seon-Hee Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-An Bae, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/37 (2006.01); A61K 38/48 (2006.01); C12N 9/50 (2006.01); C12N 9/64 (2006.01); C12Q 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/50 (2013.01); A61K 38/4873 (2013.01); C12N 9/6475 (2013.01); C12Q 1/18 (2013.01); C12Q 1/37 (2013.01); C12Y 304/22 (2013.01); G01N 2333/445 (2013.01); G01N 2333/8139 (2013.01); G01N 2333/96469 (2013.01);
Abstract
A use of vivapain-4 (VX-4), which is a cysteine protease of, showing pH-dependent switching of substrate specificity, is provided. More specifically, a method of treating a parasitic disease caused byby inhibiting VX-4; a method of screening a protease inhibitor acting on VX-4, wherein the protease inhibitor is useful as an anti-malarial agent acting onspecies, for example,; and a method of identifying the activity of VX-4, are provided.