UDP-galactose: β-D-galactose-R 4-α-D-galac-tosyltransferase, α4Gal-T1
US7115404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 9, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N9/1051
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A novel gene defining a novel enzyme UDP-Galactose: β-D-Galactose-R 4-α-D-galactosyltransferase, termed α4Gal-T1, with unique enzymatic properties is disclosed. The invention discloses isolated DNA molecules and DNA constructs encoding α4Gal-T1 and derivatives thereof by way of amino acid deletion, substitution or insertion exhibiting α4Gal-T1 activity, as well as cloning and expression vectors including such DNA, cells transfected with vectors, and recombinant methods for providing α4Gal-T1. The enzyme α4Gal-T1 and α4Gal-active derivatives thereof are disclosed. Further, the invention discloses methods of obtaining α1, 4galactosyl glycosylated glycosphingolipids by use of an enzymatically active α4Gal-T1 protein thereof or by using cells stably transfected with a vector including DNA encoding an enzymatically active α4Gal-T1 protein as an expression system for recombinant production of such glycosphingolipids. Also a method for the identification of DNA sequence variations in the α4Gal-T1-coding exon by PCR, and detecting the presence of DNA sequence variation, are disclosed.
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