Abstract:
Described herein are methods and genetically engineered fungal cells useful for producing target molecules containing mammalian-like complex N-glycans or containing intermediates in a mammalian glycosylation pathway.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a method of concentrating a composition comprising a polypeptide of interest and the use of such a concentrated composition for the treatment of diseases in mammals, in particular by subcutaneous injection.
Abstract:
A method for producing human-like glycoproteins by expressing a Class 2 alpha-mannosidase having a substrate specificity for Manalphal,3 and Manalphal,6 glycosidic linkages in a lower eukaryote is disclosed. Hydrolysis of these linkages on oligosaccharides produces substrates for further N-glycan processing in the secretory pathway.
Abstract:
The present invention provides genetically engineered strains of methylotrophic yeast including Pichia and especially Pichia pastoris capable of producing proteins with reduced or modified glycosylation. Methods of producing glycoproteins with reduced and/or modified glycosylation using such genetically engineered strains of Pichia are also provided. Vectors, which comprise coding sequences for α-1,2-mannosidase I, glucosidase II, GlcNAc-tranferase I and mannosidase II or comprising OCH1 disrupting sequence, for transforming methylotrophic yeasts are contemplated by the present invention. Kit for providing the contemplated vectors are also included in this invention.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the production of enzymatically active recombinant human and animal lysosomal enzymes involving construction and expression of recombinant expression constructs comprising coding sequences of human or animal lysosomal enzymes in a plant expression system. The plant expression system provides for post-translational modification and processing to produce a recombinant gene product exhibiting enzymatic activity. The invention is demonstrated by working examples in which transgenic tobacco plants having recombinant expression constructs comprising human hGC and IDUA nucleotide sequences produces enzymatically active modified human glucocerebrosidase and human alpha -L-iduronidase. The recombinant lysosomal enzymes produced in accordance with the invention may be used for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to enzyme replacement therapy for the therapeutic treatment of human and animal lysosomal storage diseases.
Abstract:
The invention provides mannosidases capable of uncapping mannose-l-phospho- 6-mannose moieties and demannosylating phosphorylated N-glycans, methods of using such mannosidases, glycoproteins produced using the methods, as well as methods of facilitating mammalian cellular uptake of glycoproteins.
Abstract:
Described herein are methods and genetically engineered fungal cells useful for producing target molecules containing mammalian-like complex N-glycans or containing intermediates in a mammalian glycosylation pathway.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of glycosylation engineering of proteins. More particularly, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules, including fusion constructs, having catalytic activity and the use of same in glycosylation engineering of host cells to generate polypeptides with improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function.
Abstract:
It is intended to provide a process for producing a glycoprotein having a mammalian type sugar chain characterized by comprising transferring and expressing alpha-1,2-mannosidase in a sugar chain biosynthesis pathway gene mutant of a methylotroph yeast under the control by a potent promoter, culturing in a medium the methylotroph yeast cells having a foreign gene transferred thereinto, and then harvesting the glycoprotein having the mammalian type sugar chain from the culture medium. Using a newly bred methylotroph yeast carrying a sugar chain mutation, a neutral sugar chain identical with a high mannose type sugar chain produced by mammalian cells such as human cells or a glycoprotein having such a neutral sugar chain can be produced in a large amount at a high purity. By transferring a gene in a mammalian type sugar chain biosynthesis pathway into the above-described mutant, a mammalian type sugar chain such as a hybrid sugar chain or a complex sugar chain or a protein having a mammalian type sugar chain can be efficiently produced.