Ebnerin: a secreted von Ebner's gland protein associated with taste buds
AssigneeThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
InventorsXiao-Jiang Li, Solomon H. Snyder
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a novel von Ebner's gland secreted protein, designated Ebnerin, which is formed in the ducts of von Ebner's gland and secreted into fluid bathing the taste buds contained in the taste papillae. Ebnerin has been identified by isolation of a rat cDNA encoding a novel secreted protein of 1290 amino acids.
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A substantially pure polypeptide consisting of the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
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A substantially pure polypeptide encoded by a DNA sequence wherein at least 85% of the DNA sequence matches a DNA sequence which encodes the contiguous amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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