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US 8,476,040 B2Granted
Eukaryotic signal sequences for polypeptide expression and polypeptide display libraries
AssigneeXoma Technology Ltd.
InventorsJeff Gray, Joe Buechler, Uday Kumar Veeramallu
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions for expressing proteins or polypeptides in prokaryotic hosts using eukaryotic signal sequences.
Claims10
A method of displaying a polypeptide from a replicable genetic package, which method comprises the steps of expressing in a bacterial host cell a polypeptide display vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to a eukaryotic signal sequence which encodes a signal peptide MRTLAILAAILLVALQAQA (SEQ ID NO:
- 2), whereby the polynucleotide sequence and signal sequence are expressed and secreted, and the expressed signal peptide sequence is processed from the expressed polypeptide, such that the polypeptide is displayed from the outer surface of the replicable genetic package, wherein the replicable genetic package is a bacteriophage or phagemid, and wherein the polypeptide is an antibody.
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