Chemical method for selective modification of the N- and/or C-terminal amino acid .alpha.-carbon reactive group of a recombinant polypeptide or a portion thereof
US5635371A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P20/55
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention provides for a chemical method for preparing a recombinant single copy polypeptide or a portion thereof with a modified terminal amino acid .alpha.-carbon reactive group selected from the group consisting of N-terminal .alpha.-amine, C-terminal .alpha.-carboxyl, and a combination thereof. The steps of the method involve forming the recombinant single copy polypeptide or a portion thereof so that the single copy polypeptide is protected with one or more biologically added protecting groups at the N-terminal .alpha.-amine, C-terminal .alpha.-carboxyl. The recombinant single copy polypeptide can then be reacted with up to three chemical protecting agents to selectively protect reactive side chain groups and thereby prevent side chain groups from being modified. The recombinant single copy polypeptide can be cleaved with at least one cleavage reagent specific for the biological protecting group to form an unprotected terminal amino acid .alpha.-carbon reactive group. The unprotected terminal amino acid .alpha.-carbon reactive group is modified with at least one chemical modifying agent. The side chain protected terminally modified single copy polypeptide is then deprotect…
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