METHOD FOR REPRODUCING IN VITRO THE PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE NS3 PROTEASE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV)
    3.
    发明授权
    METHOD FOR REPRODUCING IN VITRO THE PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE NS3 PROTEASE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) 失效
    VERFAHRENM FOR体外产生蛋白水解的影响丙型肝炎病毒NS3学院学报(HCV)

    公开(公告)号:EP0746333B1

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-06

    申请号:EP95909937.5

    申请日:1995-02-14

    摘要: This is a method for reproducing in vitro the serine protease activity associated with the HCV NS3 protein, that comprises the use both of sequences contained in NS3 and sequences contained in NS4A. This method takes advantage of the ability of the HCV NS4A protein, or sequences contained therein, to act as a cofactor of the serine protease activity or more generally of the enzymatic activities associated with NS3. Optimal serine protease activity is obtained when NS4A is present in a molar ratio of at least 1:1 with NS3. NS3 and NS4A can also be incorporated in the reaction mixture as NS3-NS4A precursor, as this precursor will generate, by means of an autoproteolytic event, equimolar amounts of NS3 and NS4A. It is also possible to mutate the cleavage site between NS3 and NS4A in a precursor, so that NS4A remains covalently bonded to NS3. The sequences that do not influence the proteolytic activity of NS3 can subsequently be removed from said non-proteolyzable precursor. The invention also relates to a composition of matter that comprises sequences contained in NS3 and NS4A, and to the use of these compositions for the setup of an enzymatic test capable of selecting, for therapeutic purposes, compounds that inhibit the enzymatic activity associated with NS3. The figure shows plasmidic vectors used in the method to activate HCV NS3 protease in cultivated cells and in vitro.

    METHOD FOR REPRODUCING IN VITRO THE PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE NS3 PROTEASE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV)
    5.
    发明公开
    METHOD FOR REPRODUCING IN VITRO THE PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE NS3 PROTEASE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) 失效
    VERFAHRENM FOR体外产生蛋白水解的影响丙型肝炎病毒NS3学院学报(HCV)

    公开(公告)号:EP0746333A1

    公开(公告)日:1996-12-11

    申请号:EP95909937.0

    申请日:1995-02-14

    摘要: This is a method for reproducing in vitro the serine protease activity associated with the HCV NS3 protein, that comprises the use both of sequences contained in NS3 and sequences contained in NS4A. This method takes advantage of the ability of the HCV NS4A protein, or sequences contained therein, to act as a cofactor of the serine protease activity or more generally of the enzymatic activities associated with NS3. Optimal serine protease activity is obtained when NS4A is present in a molar ratio of at least 1:1 with NS3. NS3 and NS4A can also be incorporated in the reaction mixture as NS3-NS4A precursor, as this precursor will generate, by means of an autoproteolytic event, equimolar amounts of NS3 and NS4A. It is also possible to mutate the cleavage site between NS3 and NS4A in a precursor, so that NS4A remains covalently bonded to NS3. The sequences that do not influence the proteolytic activity of NS3 can subsequently be removed from said non-proteolyzable precursor. The invention also relates to a composition of matter that comprises sequences contained in NS3 and NS4A, and to the use of these compositions for the setup of an enzymatic test capable of selecting, for therapeutic purposes, compounds that inhibit the enzymatic activity associated with NS3. The figure shows plasmidic vectors used in the method to activate HCV NS3 protease in cultivated cells and in vitro.

    METHOD FOR REPRODUCING IN VITRO THE RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE AND TERMINAL NUCLEOTIDYL TRANSFERASE ACTIVITIES ENCODED BY HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV)
    6.
    发明授权
    METHOD FOR REPRODUCING IN VITRO THE RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE AND TERMINAL NUCLEOTIDYL TRANSFERASE ACTIVITIES ENCODED BY HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) 无效
    METHOD FOR RNA依赖性RNA聚合酶和丙型肝炎病毒末端核苷酸基转移酶活性的体外繁殖(HCV)

    公开(公告)号:EP0842276B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-21

    申请号:EP96916289.0

    申请日:1996-05-24

    摘要: This is a method for reproducing in vitro the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity associated with hepatitis C virus. The method is characterized in that sequences contained in NS5B are used in the reaction mixture. The terminal nucleotidyl transferase activity, a further property of the NS5B protein, can also be reproduced using this method. The method takes advantage of the fact that the NS5B protein, either purified to apparent homogeneity or present in extracts of overproducing organisms, can catalyse the addition of ribonucleotides to the 3'-termini of exogenous or endogenous RNA molecules. The invention also relates to a composition of matter that comprises sequences contained in NS5B, and to the use of these compositions for the set up of an enzymatic test capable of selecting, for therapeutic purposes, compounds that inhibit the enzymatic activity associated with NS5B. The figure shows plasmids used in the method to produce hepatitis C virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and terminal nucleotidyl transferase in cultivated eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.