metK from Streptococcus pneumoniae

US6228625A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SmithKline Beecham Limited · US

Inventors

• Sanjoy Biswas · Paoli, US
• James Raymond Brown · Berwyn, US
• Martin Karl Russel Burnham · Norristown, US
• Alison Francis Chalker · Trappe, US
• David John Holmes · West Chester, US
• Karen Anne Ingraham · Auburn, US
• Chi Young So · Havertown, US
• Richard Lloyd Warren · Grantsville, US
• Magdalena Zalacain · West Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 22, 1999
• Grant date: May 8, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention provides metK polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding metK polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing metK polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.