摘要:
Modified physiologically active protein which can be produced by reacting a physiologically active protein having a molecular weight falling within the range of from 1 x 10 to 2 x 10 and carrying at least one Gln residue serving as the substitute of transglutaminase with a branched ligand consisting of an amino acid derivative having a lower binding affinity to the asialoglycoprotein receptor located on hepatic parenchymal cells than that to asialoorsomucoid and carrying an amino group and a galactose (Gal) or N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) group serving as the substrate of transglutaminase in the presence of a transglutaminase originating in a microorganism to thereby form an amide bond between the gamma -carboxyamide group of the glutamate residue in the physiologically active protein and the terminal amino group in the branched ligand; and a process for producing the same.