Endothelin converting enzyme (ECE)

US6066502A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Burkhard Kroger · Schifferstadt, DE
• Harald Seulberger · Schifferstadt, DE
• Thomas A. Meyer · Zuchwil, CH
• Martin Schmidt · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Elard Jacob · Eisenberg, DE
• Rainer Otter · Hemsbach, DE
• Thomas Subkowski · Schriesheim, DE
• Heinz Hillen · Herbrechtingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 1996
• Grant date: May 23, 2000
• Expiry date: May 16, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K38/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to endothelin-converting enzymes containing the polypeptide sequence described in SEQ. ID. NO. 30 or SEQ. ID. NO. 36 or functional fragments thereof, genes which code for such enzymes, and processes for producing the said enzymes and the use thereof.