Human analogs of murine deubiquitinating protease genes
AssigneeAventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
InventorsChang Hahn, Hong Liu
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to human analogs of murine hematopoetic-specific, cytokine-inducible deubiquinating proteases (“DUBs”) clustered on chromosomes 4 and 8 and their respective regulatory regions. The nucleotides or proteins encoded thereby my be used in assays to identify inhibitors of human DUBs.
Claims11
An isolated polynucleotide encoding a human deubiquitinating protease selected from the group consisting of hDUB 4.1a, hDUB 4.1b, hDUB 4.2a, hDUB 4.2b, hDUB 4.3, hDUB 4.4, hDUB 4.5, hDUB 4.6, hDUB 4.7, hDUB 4.8, hDUB 4.9, hDUB 4.10, hDUB 4.11, hDUB 8.1, hDUB 8.2, hDUB 8.3, hDUB 8.5, hDUB 8.6, hDUB 8.7, hDUB 8.8, hDUB 8.9, hDUB 8.10, and hDUB 8.11.
A polypeptide encoding a human deubiquitinating protease selected from the group consisting of hDUB 4.1a, hDUB 4.1b, hDUB 4.2a, hDUB 4.2b, hDUB 4.3, hDUB 4.4, hDUB 4.5, hDUB 4.6, hDUB 4.7, hDUB 4.8, hDUB 4.9, hDUB 4.10, hDUB 4.11, hDUB 8.1, hDUB 8.2, hDUB 8.3, hDUB 8.5, hDUB 8.6, hDUB 8.7, hDUB 8.8, hDUB 8.9, hDUB 8.10, and hDUB 8.11.
A method of identifying a modulator of a human deubiquitinating protease, wherein a compound is added to the reporter assay comprising a polynucleotide immediately 5′ to a human deubiquitinating protease selected from the group consisting of hDUB 4.1a, hDUB 4.1b, hDUB 4.2a, hDUB 4.2b, hDUB 4.3, hDUB 4.4, hDUB 4.5, hDUB 4.6, hDUB 4.7, hDUB 4.8, hDUB 4.9, hDUB 4.10, hDUB 4.11, hDUB 8.1, hDUB 8.2, hDUB 8.3, hDUB 8.5, hDUB 8.6, hDUB 8.7, hDUB 8.8, hDUB 8.9, hDUB 8.10, and hDUB 8.11 operatively linked to a reporter gene, and the effect of the compound is determined.
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