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AssigneeAbbott Laboratories
InventorsElaine M Brate, Catherine A. Brennan, Dominique P. Bridon, Keeve D. Jaffe, Grant A. Krafft, Wlodzimierz Mandecki, Steven C. March, John C. Russell, Vincent T. Yue
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This invention relates to genetically engineered enzymes, their ligand conjugates, their manufacture, and their use in qualitative or quantitative assays. A hybrid enzyme, such as an AP-epitope, has a foreign amino acid moiety (an epitope) inserted near the active site of the starting AP enzyme. The foreign amino acid moiety binds with an analyte, and, as a consequence of this binding, the enzymatic activity of the hybrid enzyme, AP-epitope, is modified. The changes in the enzymatic activity are dependent upon the presence, or the amount, of the analyte. In another embodiment, the hybrid enzyme consists of a cysteine introduced near the active site of an AP to give a hybrid enzyme. The cysteine on the hybrid enzyme serves as a point of conjugation of a ligand, such as theophylline, ferritin, thyroxine, or digoxigenin, to form the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate. The ligand binds with an antibody, an analyte or a binding molecule to an analyte and as a result of this binding, the enzymatic activity of the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate is modified or modulated.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Asparagine at position 263 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Lysine at position 177 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Lysine at position 209 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Lysine at position 328 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Glutamine at position 291 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Aspartic Acid at position 294 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Glutamic Acid at position 407 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Aspartic Acid at position 408 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Aspartic Acid at position 380 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
A hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate, wherein amino acid Asparagine at position 117 of a starting alkaline phosphatase, numbered in accordance with SEQ ID NO:2, is replaced by Cysteine, and the hybrid enzyme-ligand conjugate exhibits an enzymatic activity of the starting alkaline phosphatase.
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