摘要:
A chimera protein comprising in the following order: a signal peptide, a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 preproprotein (PCSK9) sequence consisting of amino acid residues at positions 35 to 696 of SEQ ID NO: 38, a transmembrane domain and a cytosolic domain, wherein said cytosolic (CT) domain comprises a sequence able to recycle the protein from the cellular membrane to endosomes.
摘要翻译:包含以下顺序的嵌合体蛋白质:信号肽,由SEQ ID NO:38的35至696位的氨基酸残基组成的前蛋白转化酶枯草杆菌蛋白酶/ kexin 9型前蛋白(PCSK9)序列,跨膜结构域和胞质结构域 ,其中所述细胞溶质(CT)结构域包含能够将蛋白从细胞膜再循环到内体的序列。
摘要:
The present invention discloses the identification of a human hypercholesterolemia causal gene, which can be used for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of hypercholesterolemia, more particularly familial hypercholesterolemia, as well as for the screening of therapeutically active drugs. The invention more specifically disclosed that mutations in the PCSK9 gene encoding NARC-1 causes autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia and represent novel targets for therapeutic intervention. The invention can be used in the diagnosis of predisposition to, detection, prevention and/or treatment of coronary heart disease and, cholesterol, lipid and lipoprotein metabolism disorders, including familial hypercholesterolemia, atherogenic dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases.