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公开(公告)号:US06759227B2
公开(公告)日:2004-07-06
申请号:US09764803
申请日:2001-01-17
IPC分类号: C12N950
CPC分类号: C12N9/6475 , A01K2217/05 , A61K38/00
摘要: Caspases are cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteinases, many of which play a central role in apoptosis. This invention relates to the identification of a new murine caspase and its human homologue. The new molecules are most related to human/murine caspase-2 and human caspase-9 and possesses all the typical amino acid residues of the caspases involved in catalysis, including the QACRG box, and contains no or only a very short prodomain. Northern blot analysis revealed that mRNA expression of the new caspase is predominant in skin.
摘要翻译: 胱天蛋白酶是半胱氨酰天冬氨酸特异性蛋白酶,其中许多蛋白酶在细胞凋亡中起核心作用。 本发明涉及鉴定新的鼠半胱天冬酶及其人类同源物。 新分子与人/鼠半胱天冬酶-2和人类半胱天冬酶-9最相关,并且具有催化涉及的胱天蛋白酶的所有典型氨基酸残基,包括QACRG盒,并且不包含或仅仅是非常短的前结构域。 Northern印迹分析显示,新的胱天蛋白酶的mRNA表达在皮肤中占主导地位。